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Taxon: Order Struthioniformes Latham, 1790 (bird)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Ratitae (Infraclass) (Merrem, 1813) P. Brodkorb, 1963 Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1963: 196. [assumed]
Struthionimorphae (Superorder) B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007 Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 89. [assumed]

Current position

Struthionimorphae (Superorder) B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007 Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 89. [new position]

Alternative positions

Neornithes (Subclass) Gadow, 1893 Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1968): 569.
Palaeognathae (Superorder) Pycraft, 1900 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 624.
Ratitae (Infraclass) (Merrem, 1813) P. Brodkorb, 1963 Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1963: 196. [new position]
Ratitae (Parvclass) (Merrem, 1813) Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 1.

Historical positions

Struthionimorphae (Superorder) B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007 Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 89. [new position]
Aves (Class) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: 1995
Ratitae (Parvclass) (Merrem, 1813) Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 1.
Palaeognathae (Superorder) Pycraft, 1900 Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 19, 366.
Palaeognathae (Superorder) Pycraft, 1900 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 624.
Palaeognathae (Superorder) Pycraft, 1900 Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 968.
Neornithes (Subclass) Gadow, 1893 Ref: E. Mayr & G.W. Cottrell, 1979
Neognathae (Superorder) Pycraft, 1900 Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Neornithes (Subclass) Gadow, 1893 Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1968): 569.
Ratitae (Infraclass) (Merrem, 1813) P. Brodkorb, 1963 Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1963: 196. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 2f;3g;3s;12ss; ‡1ss; †3f;3g
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 [2f;3g;3s;12ss; ‡1ss]
2007 B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi [2f]
2000 4f5g12s; †1s
1993 B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley [2so;4f];5g;10s
1991 (1990) C.M. Perrins [1f;1g];1s
1990 4f
1988 R.L. Carroll: 624 [1f]
1982 W.J. Bock 1f;1g;1s
1979 E. Mayr & G.W. Cottrell 5f6g10s17ss; †1s1ss
1973 (1968) B. Grzimek et al. 5f6g9s38ss; †2f10g25-30s2ss
1963 P. Brodkorb [; †1f;1g]
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