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Phaethon

Reptilia - Phaethontiformes - Phaethontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Phaethon Linnaeus
1962Phaethon Wetmore p. 17
1975Phaethon Olson p. 22
1994Phaethon Morgan p. 467
2014Phaethon del Hoyo et al.
2017Phaethon Clements et al.
2019Phaethon Worthy and Burley

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderPhaethontiformes(Sharpe 1891)
familyPhaethontidaeBrandt 1831
genusPhaethon

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. Phaethon Linnaeus 1758
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Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus 1758 [red-billed tropicbird]
Phaethon lepturus Daudin 1802 [white-tailed tropicbird]
Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert 1783 [red-tailed tropicbird]
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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (80 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles (Aldabra) P. rubricauda (192429 192430)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Cayman Islands P. lepturus (209852)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Pitcairn P. rubricauda (193762 193763 193764 193786 193787 193788 193789 193790 193791 193792 193793)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Solomon Islands P. lepturus (209060 209062 209064 209065 209066 209096) P. lepturus, P. rubricauda (209067)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Northern Mariana Islands P. lepturus (194622 194623 194624 194645 194647 194648)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cook Islands P. lepturus (194757 194758 194762 194764 194765)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga P. lepturus (194751)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands P. sp., P. rubricauda (194995)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius P. lepturus (194031 194171)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niue P. lepturus (193851 193852 193853 193862 193863 193864 193865)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Cayman Brac) P. lepturus (210538 210539)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bermuda P. lepturus (82260)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Reunion P. lepturus (193992 193994)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia (Society Islands) P. lepturus (215325)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Saint Helena P. aethereus (176075 194221 194236 194290 194291)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Palau P. lepturus (209729 209730 209738 209739 209740 209741 209742 209744 209745)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia P. lepturus (194675 198017 198021 198024 198025 198026) P. lepturus, P. rubricauda (198009 198010 198023) P. rubricauda (194673 231175 231176 231177 231179 231181)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Micronesia, Federated States of P. lepturus (194650)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga (Vava'u) P. lepturus (208862)