After Olson, 1985, Feduccia, 1980, 1996, and Mayr " Smith, 2012, with Recent species from Peterson, 2002-2004, and Finnish vernacular names from Lokki, Jännes & Nikander, 1992
<==o Procellariidae (Vigors, 1825) [non Leach, 1820?] [incl. Pelecanoididae Gray, 1871] (ulappaliitajät)
|?- †Argyrodyptes microtarsus
|?- Thalassoica antarctica (Gmelin, 1789) Reichenbach, 1853 (jäämyrskyliitäjä)
|?-o Pagodroma nivea (G. Forster, 1777) Bonaparte, 1856 (lumimyrskyliitäjä)
| |-- P. n. nivea (Forster, 1777) (Lesser Snow Petrel)
| `-- P. n. confusa Mathews, 1912 (Greater Snow Petrel)
|-- Puffinus Brisson, 1760 [Puffininae] (shearwaters; liitäjät)
`--+--o Calonectris Mathews & Iredale, 1915 (keltanokkaliitäjät)
| |-- †C. krantzi Olson & Rasmussen, 2001
| |-- C. borealis (Cory's Shearwater)
| |-- C. leucomelas (Temminck, 1836) (valkonaamaliitäjä)
| `--o C. diomedea (Scopoli, 1769) (välimerenliitäjä)
| |-- C. d. diomedea (Mediterranean Shearwater)
| `-- C. d. edwardsii (Cape Verde Shearwater)
`--+--o Procellaria Linnaeus, 1758 [Adamastor Bonaparte] [Procellariinae (Vigors, 1825) [non Leach, 1820?]] (Meriliitäjät)
| |-- †P. sp.
| |-- P. conspicillata Gould, 1844
| |-- P. cinerea Gmelin, 1789 (meriliitäjä)
| |-- P. aequinoctialis Linnaeus, 1758 (isomeriliitäjä)
| |-- P. parkinsoni G.R. Gray, 1862 (tummameriliitäjä)
| `-- P. westlandica Falla, 1946 (tasmanianmeriliitäjä)
`--+--o Bulweria Bonaparte, 1843 (tyrskyliitäjät)
| |-- †B. bifax Olson, 1975 [St. Helena Isl.]
| |-- B. fallax Jouanin, 1955 (sokotrantyrskyliitäjä)
| `-- B. bulwerii (Jardine & Selby, 1828) (tyrskyliitäjä)
`--o ?Fulmarinae [=? Pachyptilinae (Oliver, 1930)]
|?- †Pterodromoides minoricensis Sequí, Quintana, Fornós & Alcover, 2001
|-- Pterodroma Bonaparte, 1856 (viistäjät)
`--+-- Aphrodroma brevirostris (Lesson, 1831) Olson, 2000 [Pterodroma (Lugensa) brevirostris] (etelänviistäjä)
`--+-- Halobaena caerulea (Gmelin, 1789) Bonaparte, 1856 (siniliitäjä)
`--+--o Pachyptila Illiger, 1811 (prionit)
| |-- †P. sp.1
| |-- †P. sp.2
| |-- †P. sp.3
| |-- P. vittata (G. Forster, 1777) (leveänokkaprioni)
| |--o P. salvini (Mathews, 1912) (sininokkaprioni)
| | |-- P. s. salvini (Mathews, 1912) (Medium-billed Prion)
| | `-- P. s. macgillivrayi (Mathews, 1912) (MacGillivray's Prion)
| |-- P. desolata (Gmelin, 1789) (kyyhkyprioni)
| |-- P. belcheri (Mathews, 1912) (ohutnokkaprioni)
| |--o P. turtur (Kuhl, 1820) (pikkuprioni)
| | |-- P. t. subantarctica Oliver, 1955
| | `-- P. t. turtur (Kuhl, 1820)
| `--o P. crassirostris (Mathews, 1912) (paksunokkaprioni)
| |-- P. c. crassirostris (Mathews, 1912)
| |-- P. c. flemingi Tennyson & Bartle, 2005
| `-- P. c. pyramidalis Fleming, 1939
`--+--o Daption capense (Linnaeus, 1758) Stephens, 1826 (kapinmyrskyliitäjä)
| |-- D. c. australe Mathews, 1913
| `-- D. c. capense (Linnaeus, 1758)
`--+--o Macronectes Richmond, 1905 (isomyrskyliitäjät)
| |-- M. giganteus (Gmelin, 1789) (isomyrskyliitäjä)
| `-- M. halli Mathews, 1912 (tummamyrskyliitäjä)
`--o Fulmarus Stephens, 1826 (myrskylinnut)
|-- †F. miocaenus
|-- †F. hammeri
|--o F. glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761) (myrskylintu)
| |-- F. g. auduboni Bonaparte, 1857
| |-- F. g. glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761)
| `-- F. g. rodgersii Cassin, 1862
`-- F. glacialoides (A. Smith, 1840) (etelänmyrskylintu)
After Olson, 1985, Sibley & Monroe, 1990, Feduccia, 1980, 1996, Holdaway, Worthy & Tennyson, 2001, and Peterson, 2002-2004, with Finnish vernacular names from Lokki, Jännes & Nikander, 1992
<==o Procellariidae
|?- †Argyrodyptes
|-- Thalassoica
|-- Pagodroma
|-- Bulweria
|-- Calonectris
|--o Procellariinae [Puffininae] [incl. Pelecanoididae]
| |-- Puffinus
| |-- Procellaria
| `?- Pelecanoides
`--o Fulmarinae [=? Pachyptilinae]
|-- †Pterodromoides
|?- Aphrodroma
|-- Daption
|-- Fulmarus
|-- Halobaena
|-- Macronectes
|-- Pterodroma
`-- Pachyptila
|
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- Feduccia, A., 1980: The Age of Birds.
–Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts & London, England, 1980, IX-196
- Feduccia, A., 1997: The Origin and Evolution of Birds.
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in Ray, C. E. & Bohaska, D. J., (eds.) 2001: Geology and paleontology of the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina, III.
–Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology: Nr. 90, iii-365
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–iNet: Zoonomen Nomenclatural data: http://www.zoonomen.net/avtax/frame.html; [visited: 2005-01-21]
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–Palaeontology: Vol. 44, #5, pp. 933-948
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