Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates Gnathostomata Teleostomi Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988] Amniota Haeckel, 1866 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988] - amniotes Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758 Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893 Family †Ambiortidae Kurochkin, 1982