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Ptilonorhynchidae

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Ptilonorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Ptilonorhynchidae was named by Gray (1841). It is extant. Its type is Ptilonorhynchus.

It was assigned to Corvida by Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Passeriformes by Clements et al. (2017).

Subtaxa
Ptilonorhynchus (type genus), Sericuloides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Ptilonorhynchidae Gray
2007Ptilonorhynchidae Livezey and Zusi p. 95
2017Ptilonorhynchidae 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)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyPtilonorhynchidaeGray 1841
familyPtilonorhynchidaeGray 1841

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. Ptilonorhynchidae Gray 1841
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G. Ptilonorhynchus Kuhl 1820
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Ptilonorhynchus violaceus Vieillot 1816 [satin bowerbird]
G. †Sericuloides Nguyen 2023
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available