Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Turniciformes (Order) Huxley, 1868

Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 92.

Alternative positions

Galliformes (Order) Temminck, 1820	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 625.
Gruiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 372.
Turnices (Suborder) Huxley	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1967: 140.

Historical positions

Turniciformes (Order) Huxley, 1868	Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 92.
Charadriiformes (Order) Huxley, 1867	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 23, 129; 18. [implicit]
Gruiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: 1995
Turniciformes (Order) Huxley, 1868	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 19.
Gruiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 372.
Galliformes (Order) Temminck, 1820	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 625.
Gruiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 980.
Gruiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 560.
Turnices (Suborder) Huxley	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1967: 140.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2g;16s;48ss; ‡1ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 19 May 2015	[2g;16s;48ss; ‡1ss]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 23, 129	2g;16s;[48ss; ‡1ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	2g;17s
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	[2g;16s]
1982	W.J. Bock	2g;14s