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Buteogallus (black-hawks)

Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Taxonomy
Buteogallus was named by Lesson (1830). It is extant.

It was assigned to Buteoninae by Wetmore (1956); and to Accipitridae by Emslie (1998) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Buteogallus Lesson
1956Buteogallus Wetmore p. 45
1998Buteogallus Emslie
2017Buteogallus Clements et al.

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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
orderAccipitriformesVieillot 1816
familyAccipitridaeViellot 1816
genusButeogallusLesson 1830

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. Buteogallus Lesson 1830 [black-hawks]
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Subg. †Buteogallus (Wetmoregyps) Miller 1928
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Buteogallus aequinoctialis Gmelin 1788 [rufous crab-hawk]
†Buteogallus fragilis Miller 1911
Buteogallus meridionalis Latham 1790 [savanna hawk]
†Buteogallus milleri Howard 1932
†Buteogallus royi Suárez 2020 [Gavilán de Roy]
Buteogallus urubitinga Gmelin 1788 [great black-hawk]
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

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 20.43000 to 0.01200 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Buteogallus enecta (18001)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Buteogallus urubitinga (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Buteogallus fragilis (154721)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Buteogallus sp. (237076)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Cuba (Matanzas) Buteogallus borrasi (152870)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Sonora) Accipitridae indet. (20495)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Buteogallus fragilis (152008) Buteogallus fragilis, Wetmoregyps daggetti (161536) Urubitinga fragilis (192630)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Buteogallus sp. (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) Buteogallus new sp., Buteogallus aequinoctialis, Buteogallus meridionalis (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) Buteogallus fragilis (192628)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Geranoaetus sp. (155409) Wetmoregyps daggetti, Hypomorphnus fragilis (190077 218989)