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Eremopezidae

Reptilia - Eremopezidae

Taxonomy
Eremopezinae was named by Rothschild (1911).

It was reranked as the family Eremopezidae by Rasmussen et al. (2001) and Mayr (2009).

It was assigned to Aepyornithidae by Lambrecht (1933); to Aves by Rasmussen et al. (2001); and to Palaeognathae by Mayr (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Eremopezinae Rothschild
1933Eremopezinae Lambrecht p. 199
2001Eremopezidae Rasmussen et al. p. 327
2009Eremopezidae Mayr p. 31

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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
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
superorderPalaeognathaePycraft 1900
familyEremopezidae(Rothschild 1911)
familyEremopezidae(Rothschild 1911)

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. †Eremopezidae Rothschild 1911
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G. †Eremopezus Andrews 1904
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Eremopezus eocaenus Andrews 1904
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Invalid names: Stromeria fajumensis Lambrecht 1929 [synonym]
Invalid names: Stromeria Lambrecht 1929 [synonym]
G. †Psammornis Andrews 1911
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Psammornis libycus Moltoni 1928
Psammornis rothschildi Andrews 1911
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available