After Alvarenga & Höfling, 2003
<==o †Phorusrhacidae Ameghino, 1899 sensu Alvarenga & Höfling, 2003 (phorusrhacids, thunderbirds; hirmulinnut; ukkoslinnut, forusrakit) [taxonomic history] |?- †Lavocatavis africana Mourer-Chauviré, Tabuce, Mahboudi, Adaci & Bensalah, 2011; M.Eoc. NWAf. |--o †Brontornithinae Moreno & Mercerat, 1891 [taxonomic history] | |-- †Brontornis burmeisteri Moreno & Mercerat, 1891 [Rostrornis floweri Moreno & Mercerat, 1891; Brontornis platyonyx Ameghino, 1895] | |-- †Physornis fortis Ameghino, 1895 [Aucornis euryrhynchus Ameghino, 1898] | `-- †Paraphysornis brasiliensis (Alvarenga, 1982) Alvarenga, 1993 [Physornis brasiliensis Alvarenga, 1982] |--o †Phorusrhacinae Ameghino, 1889 [taxonomic history] | |-- †Phorusrhacos longissimus Ameghino, 1899 [taxonomic history] | |-- †Devincenzia pozzi (Kraglievich, 1931) Kraglievich, 1932 [taxonomic history] | `-- †Titanis walleri Brodkorb, 1963 |--o †Patagornithinae Mercerat, 1897 [taxonomic history] | |-- †Patagornis marshi Moreno & Mercerat, 1891 [Tolmodus inflatus Ameghino, 1891; Phororhacos inflatus Ameghino, 1891; Paleociconia cristata Brodkorb, 1967; Morenomerceraria cristata Lambrecht, 1933] | |-- †Andrewsornis abbotti Paterson, 1941 | `-- †Andalgalornis steulleti (Kraglievich, 1931) Patterson & Kraglievich, 1960 [Phororhacos steulleti Kraglievich, 1931; Phorohacos deautieri Kraglievich, 1931; Andalgalornis ferox Patterson & Kraglievich, 1960] |--o †Psilopterinae Dolgopol de Saez, 1927 [taxonomic history] | |-- †Eleutherornis cotei (Gaillard, 1936) Schaub, 1940 sensu Angst et al., 2013 [Diatryma? cotei Gaillard, 1936; Eleutherornis helveticus Schaub, 1940] M.Eoc. CEu. | |--o †Psilopterus Moreno & Mercerat, 1891 [taxonomic history] | | |-- †P. bachmanni (Moreno & Mercerat, 1891) [taxonomic history] | | |-- †P. lemoinei (Moreno & Mercerat, 1891) [taxonomic history] | | |-- †P. affinis (Ameghino, 1899) [taxonomic history] | | `-- †P. colzecus Tonni & Tambussi, 1988 | |-- †Procariama simplex Rovereto, 1914 | `-- †Paleopsilopterus itaboraiensis Alvarenga, 1985 `--o †Mesembriornithinae Kraglievich, 1932 [taxonomic history] `--o †Mesembriornis Moreno, 1889 [taxonomic history] |-- †M. milneedwardsi Moreno, 1889 [taxonomic history] `-- †M. incertus (Rovereto, 1914) [taxonomic history]
Reference(s):
- Alvarenga, H. M. F. & Höfling, E., 2003: Systematic revision of the Phorusrhacidae (Aves: Ralliformes).
–Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo): Vol. 43, #4, pp. 55-91 - Angst, D., Buffetaut, E., Lécuyer, C. & Amiot, R., 2013: “Terror Birds” (Phorusrhacidae) from the Eocene of Europe Imply Trans-Tethys Dispersal.
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