Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758 Subclass Ornithurae Haeckel, 1866 see Clade Ornithurae Haeckel 1866 [Gauthier 1986] {Chiappe 1991} Infraclass Carinatae Merrem, 1813 see Clade Carinatae Merrem 1813 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2001] Order Podicipediformes Fürbringer, 1888 Family †Baptornithidae American Ornithologists' Union Genus †Neogaeornis Lambrecht, 1929