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Anatoidea (disused)

Reptilia - Anseriformes

Taxonomy
Anatoidea was named by Leach (1820). It is extant. Its type is Anas.

It was corrected as Anatoidae by Hay (1930).

It was assigned to Chenomorphae by Hay (1902); to Anatiformes by Hay (1930); to Anseriformes by Clarke et al. (2005); and to Anseres by Livezey (1997), Hope (2002), Livezey and Zusi (2007), Cenizo and Agnolín (2010) and Worthy et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Anatoidea Leach
1902Anatoidea Hay p. 529
1930Anatoidae Hay p. 299
1997Anatoidea Livezey p. 398
2002Anatoidea Hope p. 355
2005Anatoidea Clarke et al. p. 305
2007Anatoidea Livezey and Zusi p. 90
2010Anatoidea Cenizo and Agnolín p. 499
2017Anatoidea Worthy 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)
PangalloanseraeGauthier and de Queiroz 2001
GalloanseraeSibley and Ahlquist 1990
superorderGalloanserimorphae
orderAnseriformesWagler 1831
suborderAnseres
superfamilyAnatoideaLeach 1820
superfamilyAnatoideaLeach 1820

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.

Superfm. Anatoidea Leach 1820
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available