After Ericson, 1996, Livezey, 1996 Murray & Vickers-Rich, 2004, and Agnolín, Egli, Chatterjee, Marsŕ & Novas, 2017
Alternative phylogeny after Dyke, 2000, 2001
<==o Anseriformes Wagler, 1831 [incl. †Dromornithiformes Fürbringer, 1888; ?†Diatrymiformes Shufeldt, 1913] (waterfowls; sorsalinnut) |?-o †Gastornithidae Fürbringer 1888 [Diatrymatidae Shufeldt, 1913] (diatrymit) | |-- †Zhongyuanus xichuanensis Hou, 1980 | `--o †Gastornis Hébert, 1855 [Diatryma Cope 1876; Barornis Marsh, 1894; Omorhamphus Sinclair, 1928] | |-- †G. parisiensis Hébert, 1855 [G. edwardsii Lemoine, 1878; G. klaasseni Newton, 1885] [type] | |-- †G. ajax (Shufeldt 1913) [Diatryma ajax Shufeldt 1913] | |-- †G. giganteus (Cope, 1876) [Diatryma gigantea Cope, 1876; Barornis regens Marsh, 1894; Omorhamphus storchii Sinclair, 1928; Omorhamphus storchi Wetmore, 1931(unjust. emend.)] | |?- †G. geiselensis [Diatryma geiselensis] | |-- †G. sarasini Schaub, 1929 | `-- †G. russeli Martin, 1992 |--o †Vegaviidae Agnolín, Egli, Chatterjee, Marsŕ & Novas, 2017 | |-- †Neogaeornis wetzeli Lanbrecht, 1929; U. Cret. Ant. [previously treated as basal Caviiformes] | |-- †Polarornis gregorii Chatterjee, 2002; U. Cret. Ant. [nomen nudum, jr. synon. to Neogaeornis wetzeli??] [previously treated as basal Caviiformes] | |-- †Vegavis iaai Clarke, Tambussi, Noriega, Erickson & Ketcham, 2005 | `-- †Australornis lovei Mayr & Scofield, 2014 [treated as Neornithes indet.] |--o Anhimae Wetmore & Miller, 1926 (Screamers; romiskot) | |-- †Chaunoides antiquus | |--o Anhimidae Stejneger, 1885 (Screamers; romiskot) | | |-- Anhima cornuta (Linnaeus, 1766) Brisson, 1760 (sarviromisko) | | `--o Chauna Illiger, 1811 (röyhyromiskot) | | |-- C. chavaria (Linnaeus, 1766) (kaulusromisko) | | `-- C. torquata (Oken, 1816) (töyhtöromisko) | `--o †Dromornithidae Fürbringer, 1888 (mihirungs; mihirungit) | |?- †Dromornithidae genera et species indet. | |?- †“Barawertornis” sp. | |-- †Barawertornis tedfordi Rich, 1979 | `--+--+-- †“Ilbandornis”? lawsoni Rich, 1979 | | `-- †Genyornis newtoni Sterling & Ziets, 1896 | `--+--+-- †“Bullockornis” sp. Rich, 1979 | | `--†Ilbandornis woodburnei Rich, 1979 | `--+-- †Bullockornis planei Rich, 1979 | `--o †Dromornis Owen, 1872 | |-- †D. australis Owen, 1872 | `-- †D. stirtoni Rich, 1979 `--o Anseres Wagler, 1831 (True waterfowls; sorsat) |--o Anseranatidae Sclater, 1880 [Anseranatoidea Sclater, 1880] sensu Olson, 1999 (magpie-geese; puuhanhet) | |--o †Anatalavis (Shufeldt, 1915) Olson & Parris, 1987 [Telmatornis Shufeldt, 1915] [Anatalavinae] | | |-- †A. rex (Shufeldt, 1915) [Telmatornis rex Shufeldt, 1915] | | `-- †A. oxfordi Olson, 1999 | `-- Anseranas semipalmata (Latham, 1798) Lesson, 1828 [Anseranatinae Sclater, 1880] (puuhanhi) `--o Anatoidea Leach, 1820 sensu Livezey, 1997 (dabbling ducks and relatives; sorsansukuiset sorsat) |--o †Presbyornithidae Wetmore, 1926 [= Graculavidae?] | |?- †Teviornis gobiensis Kurochkin, Dyke & Karhu, 2002, L. Cret. EAs. | |-- †Telmabates antiquus Howard, 1955 | |-- †Headonornis hantoniensis (Lydekker, 1891) Harrison & Walker, 1976 [Agnopterus? hantoniensis Lydekker, 1891] [may be senior synonym of Presbyornis isoni (Dyke, 2001)] | |--o †Wilaru Boles, Finch, Hofheins, Vickers-Rich, Walters & Rich, 2013 sensu De Pietri et al.,2016 | | |-- †W. tedfordi Boles, Finch, Hofheins, Vickers-Rich, Walters & Rich, 2013 | | `-- †W. prideauxi De Pietri, Scofield, Zelenkov, Boles & Worthy, 2016 | `--o †Presbyornis Wetmore, 1926 | |?- †P. recurvirostra (Hardy, 1959) | |?- †P. isoni Olson, 1994 [status dubious, possibly jr. synon. of Headonornis hantoniensis] | `-- †P. pervetus Wetmore, 1926 `--+-- †Romainvillia stehlini Lebedinsky 1927 |?-o †Cnemiornithidae Stejneger, 1885 (New Zeeland Geese; uudenseelanninhanhet) | `--o †Cnemiornis Owen, 1866 (New Zeeland Geese; uudenseelanninhanhet) | |-- †C. calcitrans Owen, 1866 (South Island Goose; eteläsaaren hanhi) | `-- †C. gracilis Forbes, 1894 (North Island Goose; pohjoissaaren hanhi) `-- Anatidae Leach, 1820 (ducks, geese, swans; sorsat, hanhet, joutsenet)
Anseriformes incertae sedis:
†Agnopterus laurillardi Milne-Edwards, 1869-1871
†Proherodius oweni Lydekker, 1891 [possibly a presbyornithid]
After Dyke, 2000, 2001, and Ericson, 1996<==o Anseriformes |--o Anhimae | |-- †Chaunoides | `--o Anhimidae | |-- Anhima | `-- Chauna `--o Anseres |-- Anseranas `--+-- †Anatalavis `--o Anatoidea |-- †Presbyornithidae `--+--o †Cnemiornithidae | `-- †Cnemiornis `-- Anatidae Reference(s):
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