Overview
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Taxonomy
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The Family Presbyornithidae is a member of the Superfamily Anatoidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Presbyornithidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
- 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: Galloanserimorphae
Sibley et al., 1988
- Order: Anseriformes
Wagler, 1831 - Ducks, Geese
- Suborder: Anseres
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Wagler, 1831 - Waterfowl
- Superfamily: Anatoidea
Vigors, 1825
- Family: Presbyornithidae
- Superfamily: Anatoidea
Vigors, 1825
- Suborder: Anseres
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Wagler, 1831 - Waterfowl
- Order: Anseriformes
Wagler, 1831 - Ducks, Geese
- Superorder: Galloanserimorphae
Sibley et al., 1988
- 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 Family Presbyornithidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (1): Presbyornis
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in the Family Presbyornithidae.
Genera
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Presbyornis
More info about the Genus Presbyornis may be found here.
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