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Plotopteridae
Taxonomy
Plotopteridae was named by Howard (1969).
It was assigned to Pelecaniformes by Howard (1969), Howard (1972) and Olson and Hasegawa (1979); to Steganopodes by Mayr (2005); to Sulae by Olson (1980), Olson (1985), Goedert (1988), Carroll (1988), Olson and Hasegawa (1996), Goedert and Cornish (2002) and Sakurai et al. (2008); to Neornithes by Dyke et al. (2011); and to Suliformes by Mayr and Goedert (2018) and Mayr (2022).
It was assigned to Pelecaniformes by Howard (1969), Howard (1972) and Olson and Hasegawa (1979); to Steganopodes by Mayr (2005); to Sulae by Olson (1980), Olson (1985), Goedert (1988), Carroll (1988), Olson and Hasegawa (1996), Goedert and Cornish (2002) and Sakurai et al. (2008); to Neornithes by Dyke et al. (2011); and to Suliformes by Mayr and Goedert (2018) and Mayr (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1969 | Plotopteridae Howard p. 69 |
| 1972 | Plotopteridae Howard p. 7 |
| 1979 | Plotopteridae Olson and Hasegawa p. 688 |
| 1980 | Plotopteridae Olson p. 51 |
| 1985 | Plotopteridae Olson p. 204 |
| 1988 | Plotopteridae Carroll |
| 1988 | Plotopteridae Goedert p. 98 |
| 1996 | Plotopteridae Olson and Hasegawa p. 742 |
| 2002 | Plotopteridae Goedert and Cornish p. 67 |
| 2005 | Plotopteridae Mayr p. 67 |
| 2008 | Plotopteridae Sakurai et al. p. 87 |
| 2011 | Plotopteridae Dyke et al. p. 2 |
| 2018 | Plotopteridae Mayr and Goedert p. 52 |
| 2022 | Plotopteridae Mayr p. 119 figs. Fig. 7.1 |
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Fm. †Plotopteridae Howard 1969
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Subfm. †Tonsalinae Mayr and Goedert 2018
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G. †Copepteryx Olson and Hasegawa 1996
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†Copepteryx hexeris Olson and Hasegawa 1996
†Copepteryx titan Olson and Hasegawa 1996
G. †Klallamornis Mayr and Goedert 2016
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†Klallamornis abyssa Mayr and Goedert 2016
†Klallamornis clarki Mayr and Goedert 2016
G. †Olympidytes Mayr and Goedert 2016
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available