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Phororhacosidae (terror bird)

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Phororhacosidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Phororhacosidae Ameghino
1891Darwinornithidae Moreno and Mercerat p. 24
1932Devincenziidae Kraglievich
1932Mesembriorniidae Kraglievich
1933Phororhacidae Lambrecht p. 501
1960Phororhacidae Wetmore p. 23
1968Phororhacidae Cracraft p. 43
1981Phororhacosidae Mourer-Chauviré p. 643
1988Phorusrhacidae Carroll
2003Phorusrhacidae Alvarenga and Holfing p. 64
2005Phorusrhacidae Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi
2005Phororhacidae Gould and Quitmyer p. 205 figs. Table 2
2007Phorusrhacidae Bertelli et al. p. 410
2007Phorusrhacidae Livezey and Zusi p. 91
2009Phorusrhacidae Shockey et al.
2013Phorusrhacidae Angst et al.
2024Phorusrhacidae Acosta Hospitaleche and Jones

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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()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
Terrestrornithes
Telmatorae
superorderCharadriimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderGruiformesBonaparte 1854
suborderCariamaeFürbringer 1888
familyPhororhacosidae
familyPhororhacosidae

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. †Phororhacosidae Ameghino 1889 [terror bird]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available