Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Gaviiformes

Current position

Gaviiformes (Order) Wetmore & Miller, 1926

Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 90.

Alternative positions

Procellariiformes (Order) Fürbringer, 1888	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 375.
Procellarioidea (Superfamily) Fürbringer, 1888	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 134.

Historical positions

Gaviiformes (Order) Wetmore & Miller, 1926	Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 90.
Gaviiformes (Order) Wetmore & Miller, 1926	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: [22], 71. [implicit]
Procellariiformes (Order) Fürbringer, 1888	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 375.
Gaviiformes (Order) Wetmore & Miller, 1926	Ref: 1995
Procellarioidea (Superfamily) Fürbringer, 1888	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 134.
Gaviiformes (Order) Wetmore & Miller, 1926	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 367.
Gaviiformes (Order) Wetmore & Miller, 1926	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 627.
Gaviiformes (Order) Wetmore & Miller, 1926	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 970.
Gaviiformes (Order) Wetmore & Miller, 1926	Ref: E. Mayr & G.W. Cottrell, 1979
Gaviiformes (Order) Wetmore & Miller, 1926	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1968): 570.
Gaviiformes (Order) Wetmore & Miller, 1926	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1963: 222.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1g;5s;2ss; †4g;4s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 5 May 2015	[1g;5s;2ss; †4g]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: [22], 71	1g;5s;[2ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	1g;5s
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	[1g;5s]
1982	W.J. Bock	1g;4s
1973 (1968)	B. Grzimek et al.	1g4s
1963	P. Brodkorb	[; †3g]