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Caracara cheriway (crested caracara)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Falconidae

Taxonomy
Falco cheriway was named by Jacquin (1784). It is extant.

It was recombined as Polyborus cheriway by Hay (1930) and Wetmore (1931); it was recombined as Caracara cheriway by Steadman and Mead (2010), Steadman et al. (2015) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1784Falco cheriway Jacquin
1930Polyborus cheriway Hay p. 321
1931Polyborus cheriway Wetmore p. 31
1938Polyborus prelutosus Howard
1940Polyborus prelutosus Wetmore p. 40
1942Polyborus prelutosus Miller and DeMay p. 103
1956Caracara prelutosus Wetmore p. 48
1969Caracara prelutosa Howard p. 5
1992Polyborus plancus prelutosus Guthrie p. 322
2010Caracara cheriway Steadman and Mead p. 433
2015Caracara cheriway Steadman et al. p. 557
2017Caracara cheriway 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()
orderTheropoda
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
—Falconiformes(Sharpe 1874)
familyFalconidaeVigors 1824
genusCaracaraMerrem 1826
speciescheriway(Jacquin 1784)

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.

Caracara cheriway Jacquin 1784 [crested caracara]
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Invalid names: Caracara prelutosa Howard 1938 [synonym]
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 16:32:37
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:32:37
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 0.12900 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Caracara prelutosa (20491)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Sonora) Caracara cheriway (20495)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Polyborus cheriway (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Polyborus cheriway (74292)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Mexico) Caracara prelutosa (192627)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Polyborus cheriway (79630) Polyborus prelutosus (190077 218989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Polyborus prelutosus (20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Caracara prelutosa (71670)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) Caracara cheriway (63515)