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Laniidae (shrike)

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Laniidae

Taxonomy
Laniidae was named by Rafinesque (1815). It is extant. Its type is Lanius.

It was assigned to Fringilloidae by Hay (1930); to Oscines by Lambrecht (1933); to Passeres by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956); and to Passeriformes by Brodkorb (1959), Clements et al. (2017).

Subtaxa
Laniinae, Lanius (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Laniidae Rafinesque
1930Laniidae Hay p. 356
1933Laniidae Lambrecht p. 642
1940Laniidae Wetmore p. 75
1956Laniidae Wetmore p. 95
1959Laniidae Brodkorb
2017Laniidae 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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyLaniidaeRafinesque 1815
familyLaniidaeRafinesque 1815

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.

Fm. Laniidae Rafinesque 1815 [shrike]
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G. Lanius Linnaeus 1758 [shrike]
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†Lanius collurio Linnaeus 1758
Lanius cristatus Linnaeus 1758 [brown shrike]
Lanius excubitor Linnaeus 1758 [great gray shrike]
Lanius ludovicianus Linnaeus 1766 [loggerhead shrike]
†Lanius minor Gmelin 1788
†Lanius miocaenus Milne-Edwards 1871
Lanius senator Linnaeus 1758 [woodchat shrike]
Invalid names: Laniinae [empty]
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: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rancholabrean to the top of the Holocene or 0.21000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Lanius ludovicianus (176098)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) Lanius minor (183123)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) Lanius senator (175900)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Lanius ludovicianus (152008)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Philippines Lanius cristatus (194836)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Lanius ludovicianus (20571)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Corse) Lanius collurio (215363)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Lanius ludovicianus (123918 190077 215552)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Lanius ludovicianus (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Lanius sp. (194941)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Lanius excubitor (215378)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Lanius sp. (194936 199942)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Yemen Lanius excubitor (169046 234349)