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Aepyornithidae (elephant bird)
Taxonomy
Aepyornithidae was named by Bonaparte (1853).
It was assigned to Aepyornithiformes by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1960), Carroll (1988) and Livezey and Zusi (2007).
It was assigned to Aepyornithiformes by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1960), Carroll (1988) and Livezey and Zusi (2007).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1853 | Aepyornithidae Bonaparte |
| 1933 | Aepyornithidae Lambrecht p. 193 |
| 1960 | Aepyornithidae Wetmore p. 24 |
| 1988 | Aepyornithidae Carroll |
| 2007 | Aepyornithidae Livezey and Zusi p. 89 |
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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.
Fm. †Aepyornithidae Bonaparte 1853 [elephant bird]
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G. †Aepyornis Geoffroy 1850
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†Aepyornis hildebrandti Burckhardt 1893
†Aepyornis maximus Geoffroy Saint Hilaire 1850
†Aepyornis medius Milne-Edwards and Grandidier 1869
G. †Mullerornis Milne-Edwards and Grandidier 1894
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†Mullerornis agilis Milne-Edwards and Grandidier 1894
†Mullerornis betsilei Milne-Edwards and Grandidier 1894
†Mullerornis rudis Milne-Edwards and Grandidier 1894
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available