Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758 Order †Gobipterygiformes Elzanowski, 1974 see Order Alexornithiformes Brodkorb, 1976