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Otidiformes

Reptilia - Otidiformes

Taxonomy
Otidiformes was named by Wagler (1830). It is extant.

It was assigned to Aves by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Neornithes by Clements et al. (2017).

Subtaxa
Otididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Otidiformes Wagler
2014Otidiformes del Hoyo et al.
2017Otidiformes Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
orderOtidiformesWagler 1830
orderOtidiformesWagler 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.

Or. Otidiformes Wagler 1830
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Fm. Otididae Gray 1840
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G. Afrotis Gray 1855 [bustards]
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Afrotis afra Linnaeus 1766 [Southern black bustard]
Afrotis afraoides Smith 1831 [Northern black bustard]
G. Ardeotis Le Maout 1853 [bustards]
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Ardeotis arabs Linnaeus 1758 [Arabian bustard]
Ardeotis kori Burchell 1822 [Kori bustard]
Ardeotis nigriceps Vigors 1831 [Great indian bustard]
G. Chlamydotis Lesson 1839
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†Chlamydotis mesetaria Sánchez Marco 1990
†Chlamydotis pliodeserti Serebrovs'kyj 1941
Chlamydotis undulata von Jacquin 1784 [Houbara bustard]
G. Heterotetrax Sharpe 1894 [bustard]
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Heterotetrax vigorsii Smith 1831 [Karoo bustard]
G. †Miootis Umans'ka 1979
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†Miootis compactus Umans'ka 1979
G. Neotis Sharpe 1893
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Neotis denhami Children and Vigors 1826 [Denham's bustard]
G. Otis Linnaeus 1758
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†Otis affinis Lydekker 1891
†Otis agilis Milne-Edwards 1871
†Otis bessarabensis Kessler and Gál 1996
†Otis lambrechti Kretzoi 1941
†Otis paratetrax Bocheński and Kuročkin 1987
Otis tarda Linnaeus 1758 [great bustard]
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Invalid names: Otis brevipes Gibel 1847 [synonym]
G. Tetrax Forster 1817
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Tetrax tetrax Linnaeus 1758 [little bustard]
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, Benton 1983

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Langhian to the top of the Holocene or 15.98000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Kenya Otididae indet. (22082)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) Otididae indet. (144566)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Morocco Otididae indet. (32052)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Eritrea (Buia) Ardeotis kori (193126)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Otis lambrechti (35428)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Otis tarda, Tetrax tetrax (197790) Tetrax tetrax (197789)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy Otis tarda (197926) Tetrax tetrax (197928)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary Otis tarda, Otis tetrax (35047)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Otis tarda (194811)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Otis tetrax (93837)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Chlamydotis undulata (208788) Neotis denhami (21877)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Greece (Peloponnesus) Otis tarda (184243)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Greece (Argolida) Otis tarda (182709)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Spain Chlamydotis undulata (194298)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Otis tetrax (215365)