Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Carinatae (Infraclass) Merrem, 1813

Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1971: 214. [assumed]

Current position

Falconimorphae (Superorder) Seebohm, 1890

Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 93.

Alternative positions

Carinatae (Infraclass) Merrem, 1813	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1971: 214. [new position]
Neoaves (Subdivision) Sibley et al., 1988	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 399.
Neognathae (Superorder) Pycraft, 1900	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 625.
Neornithes (Subclass) Gadow, 1893	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 577.
Strigimorphae (Superorder)	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 75.

Historical positions

Falconimorphae (Superorder) Seebohm, 1890	Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 93.
Neoaves (Subdivision) Sibley et al., 1988	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: 1995
Strigimorphae (Superorder)	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 75.
Neognathae (Superorder) Pycraft, 1900	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 20, 379.
Neognathae (Superorder) Pycraft, 1900	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 625.
Neognathae (Superorder) Pycraft, 1900	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 989.
Neornithes (Subclass) Gadow, 1893	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 577.
Carinatae (Infraclass) Merrem, 1813	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1971: 214. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2f;28g;195s;522ss; ‡3g;8s;6ss; †4f;7g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 3 Jul 2019	[2f;28g;195s;522ss]
2007	B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi	[2f]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 236	[2f;28g;194s;522ss; ‡1g;1s;6ss]
2003	J. Cracraft et al.	[2f;28g;194s; ‡1g;1s]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	[9f];45[44]g;289[287]s; ‡[1g;2s]
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	[2f;23g];177[175]s; ‡[1g;2s]
1990		9f
1988	R.L. Carroll: 625	[2f; †2f]
1982	W.J. Bock	2f
1971	P. Brodkorb	[; †1f;8g]