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Dasyornis (bristlebird)

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Dasyornithidae

Taxonomy
Dasyornis was named by Vigors and Horsfieldd (1827). It is extant.

It was assigned to Acanthizidae by Baird (1992); and to Dasyornithidae by Clements et al. (2017) and Worthy and Nguyen (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Dasyornis Vigors and Horsfieldd
1992Dasyornis Baird p. 29
2017Dasyornis Clements et al.
2020Dasyornis Worthy and Nguyen p. 97

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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)
RankNameAuthor
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyDasyornithidae(Sibley and Ahlquiest 1985)
genusDasyornisVigors and Horsfieldd 1827

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.

G. Dasyornis Vigors and Horsfieldd 1827 [bristlebird]
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Dasyornis brachypterus Latham 1801 [eastern bristlebird]
Dasyornis broadbenti McCoy 1867 [rufous bristlebird]
Dasyornis longirostris Gould 1841 [western bristlebird]
Dasyornis walterbolesi Nguyen 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available