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Brontornithidae
Taxonomy
Brontornithidae was named by Moreno and Mercerat (1891). Its type is Brontornis.
It was reranked as the subfamily Brontornithinae by Alvarenga and Holfing (2003) and Bertelli et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Stereornithes by Moreno and Mercerat (1891); to Cariamae by Cracraft (1968); and to Phorusrhacidae by Alvarenga and Holfing (2003) and Bertelli et al. (2007).
It was reranked as the subfamily Brontornithinae by Alvarenga and Holfing (2003) and Bertelli et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Stereornithes by Moreno and Mercerat (1891); to Cariamae by Cracraft (1968); and to Phorusrhacidae by Alvarenga and Holfing (2003) and Bertelli et al. (2007).
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1891 | Brontornithidae Moreno and Mercerat |
| 1968 | Brontornithidae Cracraft p. 43 |
| 2003 | Brontornithinae Alvarenga and Holfing p. 64 |
| 2007 | Brontornithinae Bertelli et al. p. 415 figs. Table 2 |
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