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Podiceps

Reptilia - Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1787Podiceps Latham
1922Thiornis Longinos Navás p. 59
1933Podiceps Lambrecht p. 262
1933Thiornis Lambrecht p. 475
1953Pliodytes Brodkorb p. 953
1955Pliodytes Brodkorb p. 6
1956Colymbus (Pliodytes) Wetmore p. 9
1964Podiceps Brodkorb p. 203
1967Thiornis Brodkorb p. 124
1977Podiceps Alvarez p. 207
1982Miobaptus Svec
1988Podiceps Carroll
1990Podiceps Bickart p. 11
1990Podiceps Chandler p. 89
1992Podiceps Guthrie p. 320
2001Podiceps Olson and Rasmussen p. 248
2002Podiceps Mlikovsky p. 83
2002Podiceps Varricchio
2008Podiceps Louchart et al. p. 149
2017Podiceps 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)
Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
NatatoresBaird 1858
Pygopodotubinares
superorderGaviomorphae
orderPodicipediformesFürbringer 1888
familyPodicipedidaeBonaparte 1831
genusPodicepsLatham 1787

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.

G. Podiceps Latham 1787
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Podiceps arndti Chandler 1990
Podiceps auritus Linnaeus 1758 [horned grebe]
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Invalid names: Fulica pisana Portis 1887 [synonym], Pliodytes lanquisti Brodkorb 1953 [synonym], Podiceps howardae Storer 2001 [synonym]
Podiceps cristatus Linnaeus 1758 [great crested grebe]
Podiceps discors Murray 1967
Podiceps dixi Brodkorb 1963 [grebe]
Podiceps grisegena Boddaert 1783 [red-necked grebe]
Podiceps grisegena holbollii Reinhardt 1854 [red-necked grebe]
Podiceps miocenicus Kessler 1984
Podiceps nigricollis Brehm 1831 [black-necked grebe]
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Invalid names: Podiceps caspicus Habizl 1783 [replaced]
Podiceps parvus Schufeldt 1913
Podiceps sociatus Longinos Navás 1922
Podiceps subparvus Miller and Bowman 1958
Invalid names: Miobaptus Svec 1982 [synonym], Pliodytes Brodkorb 1953 [synonym], Thiornis Longinos Navás 1922 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available