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Accipitres

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Accipitres was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Accipitres by Zittel (1890) and Jaekel (1911).

It was assigned to Ciconiiformes by Zittel (1890); to Raptores by Hay (1902); to Falconiformes by Jaekel (1911); to Accipitriformes by Brunet (1970); and to Falconiformes by Livezey and Zusi (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Accipitres Linnaeus p. 83
1890Accipitres Zittel p. 842
1902Accipitres Hay p. 535
1911Accipitres Jaekel p. 178
1970Accipitres Brunet p. 44
2007Accipitres Livezey and Zusi p. 93

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
Falconiformes(Sharpe 1874)
suborderAccipitres
suborderAccipitres

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.

Subor. Accipitres Linnaeus 1758
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Infraor. Falconides
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Invalid names: Accipitroidea [empty], Falconoidea [empty]
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Fm. Sagittariidae [Secretary bird]
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G. †Amphiserpentarius Gailard 1908
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Amphiserpentarius robustus Milne-Edwards 1870
G. Sagittarius Hermann 1783
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Sagittarius serpentarius Miller 1779 [secretarybird]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875
Collections
No collection or age range data are available