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Leptoptilos
Taxonomy
Leptoptilos was named by Lesson (1831). It is extant. It is the type genus of Leptoptilini. It was considered monophyletic by Kahl (1972).
It was assigned to Aves by Lesson (1831); to Leptoptilini by Kahl (1972), Meijer and Awe Due (2010); and to Ciconiidae by Lambrecht (1933), Brodkorb (1964), Mlikovsky (2002), Louchart et al. (2008), Meijer et al. (2013), Clements et al. (2017), Tambussi et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Aves by Lesson (1831); to Leptoptilini by Kahl (1972), Meijer and Awe Due (2010); and to Ciconiidae by Lambrecht (1933), Brodkorb (1964), Mlikovsky (2002), Louchart et al. (2008), Meijer et al. (2013), Clements et al. (2017), Tambussi et al. (2023).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1831 | Leptoptilos Lesson |
| 1933 | Leptoptilus Lambrecht p. 326 |
| 1964 | Leptoptilos Brodkorb p. 204 |
| 1972 | Leptoptilos Kahl p. 10 |
| 2002 | Leptoptilos Mlikovsky p. 100 |
| 2008 | Leptoptilos Louchart et al. p. 157 |
| 2010 | Leptoptilos Meijer and Awe Due p. 714 |
| 2013 | Leptoptilos Meijer et al. p. 879 |
| 2017 | Leptoptilos Clements et al. |
| 2023 | Leptoptilos Tambussi et al. p. 269 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Leptoptilos Lesson 1831
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Leptoptilos crumenifer Lesson 1831 [marabou]
Leptoptilos dubius Gmelin 1789 [greater adjutant]
†Leptoptilos falconeri Milne Edwards 1868
Leptoptilos javanicus Horsfield 1821 [Lesser adjutant]
†Leptoptilos patagonicus Noriega and Cladera 2008
†Leptoptilos pliocenicus Zubareva 1948
†Leptoptilos robustus Meijer and Awe Due 2010
†Leptoptilos siwalicensis Harrison 1974
†Leptoptilos titan Wetmore 1940
†Leptoptilus arvernensis Milne-Edwards 1871
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Witmer and Rose 1991 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 4 to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 16.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| MN 4 | Egypt | L. sp. (53970) | |
| Serravallian - Tortonian | Tunisia (Gafsa) | L. falconeri (35281) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Argentina (Chubut) | L. patagonicus (85116) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Chad | Ephippiorhynchus sp. (24181) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Kenya | L. crumeniferus (22242) | |
| Zanclean - Piacenzian | Kenya | L. sp. (22235) | |
| Piacenzian | Chad | L. sp. B (22506) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Indonesia (Jawa Timur) | L. dubius (77490) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Indonesia (Java) | L. titan (74620) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) | L. robustus (68065 106280 193368 193369 193370) |