Aptornis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gruiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Ordo: Gruiformes

Aptornis Owen, 1848 [placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by ICZN (1997: 142)]
- Gender: masculine
- Type species: Dinornis otidiformis Owen, 1844
  - Fixation: monotypy

ICZN 1997: Opinion 1874. Aptornis Owen, 1848 (Aves): conserved as the correct original spelling. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 54(2): 142–143. BHL BioStor
Livezey, B.C. 1994: The carpometacarpus of Apterornis. Notornis, 41: 51–60. PDF Reference page.
Mantell, G.A. 1848: On the fossil remains of birds collected in various parts of New Zealand by Mr Walter Mantell, of Wellington. Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London, 4: 225–238. [Publication date: Aug. 1848] Google books
Owen, R. 1848: On Dinornis (part III.): containing a description of the skull and beak of that genus, and of the same characteristic parts of Palapteryx, and of two other genera of birds, Notornis and Nestor; forming part of an extensive collection of ornithic remains discovered by Mr Walter Mantell at Waingongoro, North Island of New Zealand. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 3: 345–378, plates LII-LVI. [Publication date: Apr. 1848] BHL
Weber, E.; Krell, F.-T. 1995: Case 2879. Aptornis Owen, [1848] (Aves): proposed conservation as the correct original spelling. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 52(2): 170–174. BHL BioStor PDF
Worthy, T.H., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Scofield, R.P. 2011. Fossils reveal an early Miocene presence of the aberrant gruiform Aves: Aptornithidae in New Zealand. Journal of Ornithology 152(3): 669–680. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0649-6 ResearchGate. Reference page.