Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Gruiformes
Familia: †Phorusrhacidae
Subfamiliae: †Brontornithinae - †Phorusrhacinae - †Patagornithinae - †Psilopterinae - †Mesembriornithinae
Name
Phorusrhacidae Ameghino, 1889
Synonyms
The family Phorusrhacidae have been described under a number of synonyms:
* Phororhacosidae Ameghino, 1889
* Pelecyornidae Ameghino, 1891
* Brontornithidae Moreno & Mercerat, 1891
* Darwinornithidae Moreno & Mercerat, 1891
* Stereornithidae Moreno & Mercerat, 1891
* Phororhacidae Lydekker, 1893 (unjustified emendation)
* Patagornithidae Mercerat, 1897
* Hermosiornidae Rovereto, 1914
* Psilopteridae Dolgopol de Saez, 1927
* Devincenziidae Kraglievich, 1932
* Hermosiorniidae Kraglievich, 1932 (unjustified emendation)
* Mesembriorniidae Kraglievich, 1932
* Hermosiornithidae Wetmore, 1934 (unjustified emendation)
References
* Alvarenga, Herculano M.F.; Höfling, Elizabeth (2003). "Systematic revision of the Phorusrhacidae (Aves: Ralliformes)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 43 (4): 55–91.
