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Aegialornithidae

Reptilia - Apodiformes - Aegialornithidae

Taxonomy
Aegialornithidae was named by Lydekker (1891). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Micropodii by Lambrecht (1933); to Apodi by Wetmore (1960) and Carroll (1988); to Apodiformes by Mayr (2005); and to Apodiformes by Mayr (2003) and Mayr (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Aegialornithidae Lydekker
1933Aegialornithidae Lambrecht p. 623
1960Aegialornithidae Wetmore p. 29
1988Aegialornithidae Carroll
2003Aegialornithidae Mayr p. 147
2005Aegialornithidae Mayr p. 318

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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)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
Terrestrornithes
Dendrornithes
AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
IncessoresBaird 1858
superorderCypselomorphaeHuxley 1867
orderApodiformesPeters 1940
familyAegialornithidaeLydekker 1891
familyAegialornithidaeLydekker 1891

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. †Aegialornithidae Lydekker 1891
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G. †Aegialornis Lydekker 1891
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Aegialornis gallicus Lydekker 1891
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Invalid names: Tachyornis hirundo Milne-Edwards 1891 [synonym]
Aegialornis germanicus Mlikovsky 2002
Aegialornis leehnardti Gaillard 1908
Invalid names: Tachyornis Milne-Edwards 1891 [synonym]
G. †Cypselavus Gaillard 1908
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Cypselavus gaillardi Ennouchi 1930
Cypselavus gallicus Gaillard 1908
Cypselavus intermedius Gaillard 1939
G. †Mesogiornis Mlikovsky 2002
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Mesogiornis wetmorei Collins 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available