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Aptornithinae
Taxonomy
Aptornithidae was named by Bonaparte (1856). It is extant.
It was reranked as the subfamily Aptornithinae by Brodkorb (1967); it was misspelled as Apterornithidae by Carroll (1988) and Worthy et al. (2007); it was corrected as Apterornithidae by Livezey and Zusi (2007).
It was assigned to Gruiformes by Zittel (1890); to Rallidae by Brodkorb (1967); to Ralli by Carroll (1988); to Gruiformes by Worthy et al. (2007); and to Rhynochetides by Livezey and Zusi (2007).
It was reranked as the subfamily Aptornithinae by Brodkorb (1967); it was misspelled as Apterornithidae by Carroll (1988) and Worthy et al. (2007); it was corrected as Apterornithidae by Livezey and Zusi (2007).
It was assigned to Gruiformes by Zittel (1890); to Rallidae by Brodkorb (1967); to Ralli by Carroll (1988); to Gruiformes by Worthy et al. (2007); and to Rhynochetides by Livezey and Zusi (2007).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1856 | Aptornithidae Bonaparte |
| 1890 | Aptornithidae Zittel p. 846 |
| 1967 | Aptornithinae Brodkorb p. 131 |
| 1988 | Apterornithidae Carroll |
| 2007 | Apterornithidae Livezey and Zusi p. 92 |
| 2007 | Aptornithidae Worthy et al. p. 21 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Subfm. Aptornithinae Bonaparte 1856
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G. †Aptornis Mantell 1848
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†Aptornis defossor Owen 1871
†Aptornis otidiformes Owen 1844
†Aptornis proasciarostratus Worthy et al. 2011
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Altonian | New Zealand (South Island) | Aptornis proasciarostratus (153884) Aptornithidae indet. (73690) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | New Zealand | Aptornis sp. (182833) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand | Aptornis defossor (100554) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Aptornis defossor (215381 215392 215403 215405 215411 215412 215553 215582 215611 215617) |