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Cardinalidae

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Cardinalidae

Taxonomy
Cardinalidae was named by Ridgway (1901). It is extant.

It was assigned to Passeriformes by Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Cardinalidae Ridgway
2017Cardinalidae 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
familyCardinalidaeRidgway 1901
familyCardinalidaeRidgway 1901

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. Cardinalidae Ridgway 1901
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G. Cardinalis Bonaparte 1838 [cardinals]
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Cardinalis cardinalis Linnaeus 1758 [northern cardinal]
Invalid names: Richmondena Mathews and Iredale 1918 [objective synonym]
G. Passerina Vieillot 1816
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Passerina caerulea Linnaeus 1758 [blue grosbeak]
G. Pheucticus Reichenbach 1850
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Pheucticus melanocephalus Swainson 1827 [black-headed grosbeak]
G. Piranga Vielillot 1808 [tanager]
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Piranga ludoviciana Wilson 1811 [western tanager]
Piranga olivacea Gmelin 1789 [scarlet tanager]
G. Spiza Bonaparte 1824
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Spiza americana Gmelin 1789 [dickcissel]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available