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Falconoidae

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Falconoidae is a superfamily. It is extant. Its type is Falco.

It was corrected as Falconoidea by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956) and Livezey and Zusi (2007).

It was assigned to Falconiformes by Hay (1930); to Falcones by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); and to Falconides by Livezey and Zusi (2007).

Subtaxa
Sister taxa
Buteonidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Falconoidae Hay p. 313
1940Falconoidea Wetmore p. 32
1956Falconoidea Wetmore p. 38
2007Falconoidea Livezey and Zusi p. 93

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
Falconiformes(Sharpe 1874)
superfamilyFalconoidae
superfamilyFalconoidae

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. Falconoidae
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Fm. Buteonidae Vigors 1824
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Invalid names: Accipitrini del Hoyo et al. 2014 [empty], Gypini del Hoyo et al. 2014 [empty]
Subfm. Milvinae
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G. †Proictinia Shufeldt 1915
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Proictinia effera Wetmore 1923
Proictinia gilmorei Shufeldt 1913
G. †Promilio Wetmore 1958
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Promilio brodkorbi Wetmore 1958
Promilio epileus Wetmore 1958
Promilio floridanus Brodkorb 1956
Invalid names: Circinae Bonaparte 1838 [empty], Elaninae Blyth 1851 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available