After Livezey, 1996, Holdaway, Worthy & Tennyson, 2001, and Louchart, Vignaud, Likius, Mackaye & Brunet, 2005

<==o Anserinae Vigors, 1825 sensu Livezey, 1996 (hanhet)
   |-- Cereopsis novaehollandiae [Cereopsini] (tuhkahanhi)
   `--+-- Anserini Vigors, 1825 sensu Livezey, 1996 (geese; hanhet)
      |?-o †Thambetochenini (moa-nalo's; moa-nalot)
      |  |-- †Chelychelynechen quassus (kilpikonnanleukasorsa)
      |  `--+-- †Ptaiochen pau (lyhytnokkainen moa-nalo)
      |     `--o †Thambetochen (moa-nalot)
      |        |-- †T. chauliodous (isomoa-nalo)
      |        `-- †T. xanion (oahunmoa-nalo)
      `--o Cygnini Vigors, 1825 sensu Livezey, 1996 (swans; joutsenet)
         |?- †Archaeocygnus lacustris De Vis, 1905; Pleist. Aust.
         |-- Coscoroba coscoroba [Coscorobina] (ankkajoutsen)
         `--o Cygnina Vigors, 1825 sensu Livezey, 1996 (joutsenet)
            |-- †Afrocygnus chauvireae Louchart, Vignaud, Likius, Mackaye & Brunet, 2005; U.Mioc.-L.Plioc. CAf.
            `--o Cygnus Linnaeus, 1758 (joutsenet)
               |?- †C. hibbardi Brodkorb, 1958; ?L.Plioc. NA.
               |?- †C. verae Boev, 2000; L.Plioc. EEu.
               |--o (Chenopis) (Australasian swans; oceanilaiset joutsenet)
               |  |-- † C. (C.) sp. Pleist. Aust.
               |  |-- C. (C.) atratus (black swan; mustajoutsen)
               |  |-- †C. (C.) sumnerensis (Forbes, 1890) sensu Holdaway et al, 2001 [incl. †Cygnus chathamensis Oliver, 1955] [= Cygnus atratus; Worthy, 1998] (New Zealand swan; uudenseelanninjoutsen)
               |  `-- C. (C.) melanocorypha (black-necked swan; mustakaulajoutsen)
               `--+--o (Cygnus) (mute swans; kyhmyjoutsenet)
                  |  |-- †C. (C.) atavus (Fraas, 1870); Mlíkovský, 1992; M.Mioc. CEu.
                  |  |-- †C. (C.) paloregonus Cope, 1878; Pleist. CNA.
                  |  |-- †C. (C.) equitum Bate, 1916; M.Pleist. SEu. [<Malta & Sicily>] (dwarf maltese swan)
                  |  `--o C. (C.) olor [incl. Cygnus pristinus Kurochkin, 1971 (sensu Mlíkovský & Svek, 1986)] (mute swan; kyhmyjoutsen)
                  |     |-- † C. (C.) o. bergmanni Serebrovsky, 1940; Pleist. CAs.
                  |     `-- C. (C.) o. olor
                  `--o (Olor) (laulujoutsenet)
                     |-- †C. (O.) mariae Bickart, 1990; U.Mioc. CNA.
                     |-- †C. (O.) csakvarensis (Lambrecht, 1933); Mlíkovský, 1992 [†Cygnanser csakvarensis (Lambrecht, 1933)] U.Mioc. CEu.
                     |-- †C. (O.) falconeri Parker, 1865; M.Pleist. SEu. [<Malta & Sicily>] (giant maltese swan)
                     |-- †C. (O.) liskunae (Kurochkin, 1976); M.Plioc. CAs.
                     |-- C. (O.) buccinator (tumpettijoutsen)
                     `--+-- C. (O.) columbianus; L.Plioc.-R. NA., R. Eu. As. (pikkujoutsen)
                        `--+-- C. (O.) bewickii (bewick's Swan) [ssp. => C. columbianus bewickii sensu Carboneras, 1992]
                           `-- C. (O.) cygnus (laulujoutsen)

Anatidae: Anserinae incertae sedis:

    †“Cygnus” herrenthalsi van Beneden, 1871 (nomen nudum; Mlíkovský, 2002)
    †“Chenopis” nanus De Vis, 1905; Pleist. Aust.
    †Cygnavus senckenbergi Lambrecht, 1931; L.Mioc. CEu.
    †Cygnavus formosus Korochkin, 1968; L.Olig. CAs.
    †Paracygnus plattensis Short, 1969; U.Plioc. NA.
    †Cygnopterus affinis Lambrecht, 1931; M.Olig. WEu.
    †“Megalodytes” sp. (Matsuoka et al., 2001) M.Mioc. EAs.

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