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Hesperornithidae
Taxonomy
Hesperornidae was named by Marsh (1872). Its type is Hesperornis.
It was corrected as Hesperornithidae by Marsh (1872), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960), Martin and Tate (1976), Martin (1984), Carroll (1988), Kurochkin (2000), Elzanowski et al. (2001), Rees and Lindgren (2005), Livezey and Zusi (2007), Wilson et al. (2011) and Bell and Chiappe (2016); it was reranked as the unranked clade Hesperornithidae by Bell and Chiappe (2020).
It was assigned to Palmipedes by Marsh (1872); to Dromaeopappi by Hay (1902); to Hesperornithomorphi by Hay (1930); and to Hesperornithiformes by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960), Martin and Tate (1976), Martin (1984), Carroll (1988), Kurochkin (2000), Elzanowski et al. (2001), Rees and Lindgren (2005), Livezey and Zusi (2007), Wilson et al. (2011), Bell and Chiappe (2016) and Bell and Chiappe (2020).
It was corrected as Hesperornithidae by Marsh (1872), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960), Martin and Tate (1976), Martin (1984), Carroll (1988), Kurochkin (2000), Elzanowski et al. (2001), Rees and Lindgren (2005), Livezey and Zusi (2007), Wilson et al. (2011) and Bell and Chiappe (2016); it was reranked as the unranked clade Hesperornithidae by Bell and Chiappe (2020).
It was assigned to Palmipedes by Marsh (1872); to Dromaeopappi by Hay (1902); to Hesperornithomorphi by Hay (1930); and to Hesperornithiformes by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960), Martin and Tate (1976), Martin (1984), Carroll (1988), Kurochkin (2000), Elzanowski et al. (2001), Rees and Lindgren (2005), Livezey and Zusi (2007), Wilson et al. (2011), Bell and Chiappe (2016) and Bell and Chiappe (2020).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1872 | Hesperornithidae Marsh p. 363 |
| 1902 | Hesperornithidae Hay p. 521 |
| 1930 | Hesperornithidae Hay p. 278 |
| 1940 | Hesperornithidae Wetmore p. 3 |
| 1956 | Hesperornithidae Wetmore p. 4 |
| 1960 | Hesperornithidae Wetmore p. 23 |
| 1976 | Hesperornithidae Martin and Tate, Jr. p. 64 |
| 1984 | Hesperornithidae Martin p. 146 |
| 1988 | Hesperornithidae Carroll |
| 2000 | Hesperornithidae Kurochkin p. 544 |
| 2001 | Hesperornithidae Elzanowski et al. p. 718 |
| 2005 | Hesperornithidae Rees and Lindgren p. 1322 |
| 2007 | Hesperornithidae Livezey and Zusi p. 89 |
| 2011 | Hesperornithidae Wilson et al. p. 12 |
| 2016 | Hesperornithidae Bell and Chiappe |
| 2020 | Hesperornithidae Bell and Chiappe |
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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.
Unr. †Hesperornithidae Marsh 1872
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G. †Asiahesperornis Nessov and Prizemlin 1991
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†Asiahesperornis bazhanovi Nessov and Prizemlin 1991
G. †Hesperornis Marsh 1872
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†Hesperornis altus Marsh 1893
†Hesperornis bairdi Martin and Lim 2002
†Hesperornis chowi Martin and Lim 2002
†Hesperornis crassipes Marsh 1876
†Hesperornis gracilis Marsh 1876
†Hesperornis lumgairi Aotsuka and Sato 2016
†Hesperornis macdonaldi Martin and Lim 2002
†Hesperornis mengeli Martin and Lim 2002
†Hesperornis montanus Shufeldt 1915
†Hesperornis regalis Marsh 1872
†Hesperornis rossicus Nessov and Yarkov 1993
Invalid names: Coniornis Marsh 1893 [synonym], Hargeria Lucas 1903 [synonym], Lestornis Marsh 1876 [synonym]
Invalid names: Asiahesperornithinae Nessov and Prizemlin 1991 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available