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Colymbiformes
Taxonomy
Colymbiformes was named as an order.
It was reranked as the suborder Colymbiformes by Jaekel (1911) and Hay (1930).
It was assigned to Carinatae by Gadow (1898); to Colymbomorphae by Jaekel (1911); to Carinatae by Hay (1930); to Neognathae by Wetmore (1956); and to Aves by Miller and Bowman (1958).
It was reranked as the suborder Colymbiformes by Jaekel (1911) and Hay (1930).
It was assigned to Carinatae by Gadow (1898); to Colymbomorphae by Jaekel (1911); to Carinatae by Hay (1930); to Neognathae by Wetmore (1956); and to Aves by Miller and Bowman (1958).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1898 | Colymbiformes Gadow p. 31 |
1911 | Colymbiformes Jaekel p. 179 |
1930 | Colymbiformes Hay p. 284 |
1956 | Colymbiformes Wetmore p. 8 |
1958 | Colymbiformes Miller and Bowman p. 4 |
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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.
Subor. †Colymbiformes
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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 (Dytes) oligocaenus Shufeldt 1915
†Colymbus portisi Regalia 1902
†Colymbus subparvus Miller and Bowman 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available