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Buteoninae (hawk)

Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Taxonomy
Buteoninae was named by Vigors (1824). It is extant.

It was assigned to Buteonidae by Hay (1930); and to Accipitridae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Campbell (1979), Bickart (1990), Olson (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Buteoninae Vigors
1930Buteoninae Hay p. 315
1940Buteoninae Wetmore p. 35
1956Buteoninae Wetmore p. 41
1979Buteoninae Campbell
1990Buteoninae Bickart p. 40
2008Buteoninae Olson p. 132

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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()
—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
subfamilyButeoninaeVigors 1824
subfamilyButeoninaeVigors 1824

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.

Subfm. Buteoninae Vigors 1824 [hawk]
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G. †Bermuteo Olson 2008
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†Bermuteo avivorus Olson 2008 [Bermuda hawk]
G. Hypomorphnus Cabanis 1844
G. †Miraquila Campbell 1979 [eagle]
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†Miraquila terrestris Campbell 1979 [eagle]
G. Morphnus Dumont 1816 [crested eagle]
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†Morphnus woodwardi Miller 1911
G. Urubitinga Lesson 1839 [black hawk]
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†Urubitinga enecta Wetmore 1923
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: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Holocene or 18.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 16.3 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Nebraska) Urubitinga enecta (18001)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (South Dakota) Buteoninae indet. (17912)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Morphnus woodwardi (152008 161536 192630)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Miraquila terrestris (71346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Buteoninae indet. (22066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Morphnus woodwardi (190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda Bermuteo avivorus (194448 194449)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bermuda Bermuteo avivorus (94307 194450)