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Leptoptilini (stork)

Reptilia - Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae

Taxonomy
Leptoptilini was named by Mayr and Cottrell (1979). It is extant. Its type is Leptoptilos.

It was assigned to Ciconiidae by Noriega and Cladera (2008) and Meijer and Awe Due (2010).

Subtaxa
Jabiru

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Leptoptilini Mayr and Cottrell
2008Leptoptilini Noriega and Cladera p. 595
2010Leptoptilini Meijer and Awe Due p. 714

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderCiconiiformesBonaparte 1854
familyCiconiidaeSundevall 1836
tribeLeptoptiliniMayr and Cottrell 1979
tribeLeptoptiliniMayr and Cottrell 1979

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Leptoptilini Mayr and Cottrell 1979 [stork]
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G. Jabiru Hellmayr 1906 [jabiru]
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Jabiru mycteria Lichtenstein 1819 [jabiru]
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Invalid names: Jabiru weillsi Sellards 1916 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available