Overview
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Taxonomy
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The Superfamily Cariamoidea is a member of the Series Amniota. Here is the complete "parentage" of Cariamoidea:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Class: Sauropsida
- Subclass: Avialae
Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass: Aves
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) - Birds
- Cohort: Neognathae
Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder: Charadriimorphae
Huxley, 1867
- Order: Gruiformes
Bonaparte, 1854 - Cranes, Rails
- Suborder: Cariamae
(Wagler, 1830) Fürbringer, 1888 - Seriemas and Allies
- Infraorder: Cariamides
Wagler, 1830
- Superfamily: Cariamoidea Bonaparte, 1853
- Infraorder: Cariamides
Wagler, 1830
- Suborder: Cariamae
(Wagler, 1830) Fürbringer, 1888 - Seriemas and Allies
- Order: Gruiformes
Bonaparte, 1854 - Cranes, Rails
- Superorder: Charadriimorphae
Huxley, 1867
- Cohort: Neognathae
Pycraft, 1900
- Infraclass: Aves
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) - Birds
- Subclass: Avialae
Gauthier, 1986
- Class: Sauropsida
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Superfamily Cariamoidea is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Family (4): Bathornithidae · Brontornithidae · Cariamidae · Phorusrhacidae
Families
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Bathornithidae
Brontornithidae
Cariamidae
The seriemas are the sole extant members of the small and ancient family Cariamidae, which is also the sole surviving family of the Cariamae. Once believed to be related to cranes, they have been placed by one recent study near the falcons, parrots and passerines, as well as the extinct terror birds. There are two species: [more]
Phorusrhacidae
At least 5 species and subspecies belong to the Family Phorusrhacidae.
More info about the Family Phorusrhacidae may be found here.
Sources
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