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Psilopterinae
Taxonomy
Psilopteridae was named by Dolgopol de Saez (1927).
It was reranked as the subfamily Psilopterinae by Mourer-Chauviré (1981), Alvarenga and Holfing (2003), Gould and Quitmyer (2005), Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi (2005), Bertelli et al. (2007), Angst et al. (2013) and Acosta Hospitaleche and Jones (2024).
It was assigned to Phororhacoidea by Wetmore (1960); to Cariamae by Cracraft (1968); and to Phorusrhacidae by Mourer-Chauviré (1981), Alvarenga and Holfing (2003), Gould and Quitmyer (2005), Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi (2005), Bertelli et al. (2007), Angst et al. (2013) and Acosta Hospitaleche and Jones (2024).
It was reranked as the subfamily Psilopterinae by Mourer-Chauviré (1981), Alvarenga and Holfing (2003), Gould and Quitmyer (2005), Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi (2005), Bertelli et al. (2007), Angst et al. (2013) and Acosta Hospitaleche and Jones (2024).
It was assigned to Phororhacoidea by Wetmore (1960); to Cariamae by Cracraft (1968); and to Phorusrhacidae by Mourer-Chauviré (1981), Alvarenga and Holfing (2003), Gould and Quitmyer (2005), Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi (2005), Bertelli et al. (2007), Angst et al. (2013) and Acosta Hospitaleche and Jones (2024).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1927 | Psilopteridae Dolgopol de Saez |
| 1960 | Psilopteridae Wetmore p. 27 |
| 1968 | Psilopteridae Cracraft p. 43 |
| 1981 | Psilopterinae Mourer-Chauviré p. 643 |
| 2003 | Psilopterinae Alvarenga and Holfing p. 80 |
| 2005 | Psilopterinae Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi |
| 2005 | Psilopterinae Gould and Quitmyer p. 205 figs. Table 2 |
| 2007 | Psilopterinae Bertelli et al. p. 415 figs. Table 2 |
| 2013 | Psilopterinae Angst et al. |
| 2024 | Psilopterinae Acosta Hospitaleche and Jones |
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Subfm. †Psilopterinae Dolgopol de Saez 1927
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G. †Eleutherornis Schaub 1940
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†Eleutherornis cotei Galliard 1936
†Eleutherornis helveticus Schaub 1940
G. †Psilopterus Moreno and Mercerat 1891
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†Psilopterus bachmanni Moreno and Mercerat 1891
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Invalid names: Phororhacos delicatus Amegino 1891 [synonym]
†Psilopterus colzecus Tonni and Tambussi 1988
†Psilopterus communis Moreno and Mercerat 1891
†Psilopterus intermedius Moreno and Mercerat 1891
†Psilopterus lemoinei Moreno and Mercerat 1891
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Invalid names: Pelecyornis tubulatus Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Phororhacos modicus Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Psilopterus australis Moreno and Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Staphylornis erythacus Mercerat 1897 [synonym], Staphylornis gallardoi Mercerat 1897 [synonym]
Invalid names: Pelecyornis Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Staphylornis Mercerat 1897 [synonym]
Invalid names: Pelecyorninae Ameghino 1891 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available