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Taxon: Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds, gulls, auks (bird)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Carinatae (Infraclass) Merrem, 1813 Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1967: 179. [assumed]

Current position

Charadriimorphae (Superorder) Huxley, 1867 Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 92.

Alternative positions

Aves (Class) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 321.
Carinatae (Infraclass) Merrem, 1813 Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1967: 179. [new position]
Neognathae (Superorder) Pycraft, 1900 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 626.
Neornithes (Subclass) Gadow, 1893 Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 561.
unnamed (Infraorder) Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 399.

Historical positions

Charadriimorphae (Superorder) Huxley, 1867 Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 92.
unnamed (Infraorder) Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 399, box 9.4.
Neoaves (Clade) Sibley et al. 1988 Ref: J. Cracraft et al., 2003: 18. [inferred rank]
Aves (Class) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 321.
Aves (Class) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: 1995
Neognathae (Superorder) Pycraft, 1900 Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 20, 373.
Neognathae (Superorder) Pycraft, 1900 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 626.
Neognathae (Superorder) Pycraft, 1900 Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 982.
Neognathae (Superorder) Pycraft, 1900 Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Neornithes (Subclass) Gadow, 1893 Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 561.
Carinatae (Infraclass) Merrem, 1813 Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1967: 179. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 17f;84g;344s;390ss; ‡2g;9s;2ss; †27g;3s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 26 May 2015 [17f;84g;344s;390ss; ‡2g; †27g]
2007 B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi [17f]
2003 J. Cracraft et al.: 26 May 2015 [17f;86g;360s;438ss; ‡2g;7s;3ss]
1991 (1990) C.M. Perrins [18f;85g];341[337]s; ‡[1g;4s]
1988 R.L. Carroll: 626 [18f; †3f]
1982 W.J. Bock 3so;16f
1967 P. Brodkorb [; †1f;27g]
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