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Colymbidae

Reptilia - Colymbidae

Taxonomy
Colymbidae was named by Shaw (1824). It is extant. Its type is Colymbus.

It was assigned to Colymboidea by Hay (1902); to Colymbiformes by Hay (1930); and to Colymbiformes by Wetmore (1933), Wetmore (1940), Brodkorb (1955) and Wetmore (1956).

Subtaxa
Colymbus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Colymbidae Shaw
1902Colymbidae Hay p. 523
1930Colymbidae Hay p. 285
1933Colymbidae Wetmore p. 3
1940Colymbidae Wetmore p. 6
1955Colymbidae Brodkorb p. 6
1956Colymbidae Wetmore p. 8

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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
—PygostyliaChiappe 2002
—Ornithothoraces
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
—CarinataeMerrem 1813
suborderColymbiformes
familyColymbidaeShaw 1824
familyColymbidaeShaw 1824

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.

Fm. Colymbidae Shaw 1824
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G. Colymbus Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Colymbus (Colymbus) Linnaeus 1758
Subg. †Colymbus (Dytes) Kaup 1829
†Colymbus portisi Regalia 1902
†Colymbus subparvus Miller and Bowman 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available