Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Struthioniformes - (Family) Struthionidae

Included, by definition, in node-based clade

Neornithes (Clade) Gadow, 1893

Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1998: 59.

Original position

Grallae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Struthionidae (Family) Batsch, 1788

Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 34.

Alternative positions

Grallae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 265.

Historical positions

Struthionidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 34.
Struthionidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 1.
Struthionidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 366.
Chordata (Phylum) Bateson, 1885	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 239. [rough position]
Struthionidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 968.
Struthioniformes (Order) Latham, 1790	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Struthionidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: E. Mayr & G.W. Cottrell, 1979
Struthionidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1968): 569.
Struthionidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1963: 196.
Ratitæ (Order) (Merrem, 1813)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 453. [rough position]
Grallae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 119, 265.
Grallae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 85, 155. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s;4ss; ‡1ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1s;4ss; ‡1ss]
2003	E.C. Dickinson	[1s;4ss; ‡1ss]
2000		2s
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	[1s]
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	[1s]
1982	W.J. Bock	1s
1979	E. Mayr & G.W. Cottrell	1s5ss
1973 (1968)	B. Grzimek et al.	1s4ss; †8s1ss
1758	C. Linnaeus	[4s]