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Anthochaera

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Meliphagidae

Taxonomy
Anthochaera was named by Vigors and Horsfield (1827). It is extant.

It was assigned to Meliphagidae by Baird (1992) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Anthochaera Vigors and Horsfield
1992Anthochaera Baird p. 30
2017Anthochaera Clements et al.

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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
familyMeliphagidaeVigors 1825
genusAnthochaeraVigors and Horsfield 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. Anthochaera Vigors and Horsfield 1827
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Anthochaera carunculata Shaw 1790 [red wattlebird]
Anthochaera chrysoptera Latham 1802 [little wattlebird]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available