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Anhingidae (darter)

Reptilia - Suliformes - Anhingidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Anhingidae Ridgway
1933Anhingidae Lambrecht p. 298
1940Anhingidae Wetmore p. 14
1956Anhingidae Wetmore p. 18
1977Anhingidae Alvarez p. 213
1985Anhingidae Olson p. 205
1988Anhingidae Carroll
1996Anhingidae Olson and Hasegawa p. 742
2005Anhingidae Bourdon et al. p. 166
2005Anhingidae Mayr p. 67
2007Anhingidae Livezey and Zusi p. 91
2008Anhingidae Louchart et al. p. 153
2010Anhingidae Cenizo and Agnolín p. 495
2011Anhingidae Mayr p. 73 figs. Figure 5
2014Anhingidae del Hoyo et al.
2017Anhingidae Clements et al.
2020Anhingidae Mayr et al. p. 4
2020Anhingidae Worthy and Nguyen p. 92
2022Anhingidae Mayr p. 119 figs. Fig. 7.1
2023Anhingidae Guilherme et al.
2023Anhingidae Tambussi et al. p. 271

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Aequornithes
Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderSuliformesSharpe 1891
familyAnhingidaeRidgway 1887
familyAnhingidaeRidgway 1887

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. Anhingidae Ridgway 1887 [darter]
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G. Anhinga Brisson 1760
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Anhinga anhinga Linnaeus 1766 [anhinga]
Anhinga beckeri Emslie 1998
Anhinga grandis Martin and Mengel 1975
Anhinga hesterna Ameghino 1894
Anhinga malagurala Mackness 1995
Anhinga melanogaster Pennant 1769 [oriental darter]
Anhinga novaehollandiae Gould 1847 [Australasian darter]
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Invalid names: Plotus laticeps De Vis 1905 [synonym]
Anhinga pannonica Lambrect 1916
Anhinga rufa Daudin 1802 [African darter]
Anhinga subvolans Brodkorb 1956
Anhinga walterbolesi Worthy 2012
G. †Liptornis
G. †Macranhinga Noriega 1992
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Macranhinga ameghinoi Diederle and Agnolín 2017
Macranhinga paranensis Noriega 1992
Macranhinga ranzii Alvarenga and Guilherme 2003
G. †Meganhinga Alvarenga 1995
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Meganhinga chilensis Alvarenga 1995
G. †Pseudolarus Ameghino 1891
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Pseudolarus eocaenus Ameghino 1895
Invalid names: Pseudolarus guaraniticus Ameghino 1899 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available