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Laornithidae

Reptilia - Ralliformes - Laornithidae

Taxonomy
Laornithidae was named by Cracraft (1973). Its type is Laornis.

It was assigned to Pelecaniformes by Brodkorb (1978); and to Ralli by Nessov (1988).

Subtaxa
Zheroia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Laornithidae Cracraft
1978Laornithidae Brodkorb p. 214
1988Laornithidae Nessov p. 119

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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
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Telmatorae
superorderCharadriimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderRalliformes
suborderRalli
familyLaornithidaeCracraft 1973
familyLaornithidaeCracraft 1973

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. †Laornithidae Cracraft 1973
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G. †Zheroia Nessov 1988
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†Zheroia kurochkini Nessov 1988
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available