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Buteo platypterus (broad-winged hawk)

Osteichthyes - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Taxonomy
Sparvius platypterus was named by Vieillot (1823). It is extant.

It was recombined as Buteo platypterus by Wetmore (1931), Wetmore (1962), Clements et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. buteo, B. linneatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1823Sparvius platypterus Vieillot
1931Buteo platypterus Wetmore p. 30
1962Buteo platypterus Wetmore p. 7
2017Buteo platypterus Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderAccipitriformesVieillot 1816
familyAccipitridaeViellot 1816
genusButeode Lacepède 1799
speciesplatypterus(Vieillot 1823)

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.

Buteo platypterus Vieillot 1823 [broad-winged hawk]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:32:13
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:32:13
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Cuba (Matanzas) Buteo platypterus (152870)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Buteo platypterus (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Buteo platypterus (82258 103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Buteo platypterus (20595)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Martinique Buteo platypterus (194486)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Puerto Rico Buteo platypterus (194583)