After Olson, 1985, Rasmussen, Olson & Simons, 1987, Sibley & Monroe, 1990, and Peterson, 2002-2004, with Finnish vernacular names from Lokki, Jännes & Nikander, 1992
<==o Jacanidae (jassanat) |-- †Janipes nymphaeobates Rasmussen et al., 1987 |--o †Nupharanassa Rasmussen et al., 1987 | |-- †N. bulotorum Rasmussen et al., 1987 | `-- †N. tolutaria Rasmussen et al., 1987 |-- Microparra capensis (A. Smith, 1839) Cabanis, 1877 (pikkujassana) |-- Irediparra gallinacea (Temminck, 1828) Mathews, 1911 (lootusjassana) |-- Hydrophasianus chirurgus (Scopoli, 1786) Wagler, 1832 (kirurgijassana) |-- Metopidius indicus (Latham, 1790) Wagler, 1832 (pronssijassana) |--o Actophilornis Oberholster, 1925 (afrikanjassanat) | |-- A. africanus (Gmelin, 1789) (afrikanjassana) | `-- A. albinucha (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832) (madagaskarinjassana) `--o Jacana Brisson, 1760 (amerikanjassanat) |-- †J. farrandi |-- J. spinosa (Linnaeus, 1758) (amerikanjassana) `-- J. jacana (Linnaeus, 1766) (helttajassana)
Reference(s):
- Feduccia, A., 1980: The Age of Birds.
–Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts & London, England, 1980, IX-196 - Feduccia, A., 1996: The Origin and Evolution of Birds.
–Yale University Press, New Haven, 1996, x-420 - Lokki, J., Jännes, H. & Nikander, P. J., 1992: Otavan lintutieto.
–Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, Helsinki, Finland, 1992, pp. 1-440
Translated from: Perrins, C. M. (ed.), 1990: The Illustrated encyclopaedia of birds.
–Headline Book Publishing Plc., London, England, 1990 - Olson, S. L., 1985: The fossil record of birds. 79-239.
in Farner, D., King, J. & Parkes, K. (eds.), 1985: Avian Biology. vol VIII.
–Academic Press, New York. 1985. - Peterson, A. P., 2002-2004: Zoonomen Nomenclatural data of Birds. (Updated: 2004-12-24)
–iNet: Zoonomen Nomenclatural data: http://www.zoonomen.net/avtax/frame.html; [visited: 2005-01-21] - Rasmussen, D. T., Olson, S. L. & Simons, E. L., 1987: Fossil birds from the Oligocene Jebel Quatrani Formation, Fayum Province, Egypt.
–Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology: No. 62, pp. iv-20 - Sibley, C. G. & Monroe, B. L., 1990: Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world.
–Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1990. xxiv-1111.