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Falco vespertinus (Red-footed falcon)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Falconidae

Taxonomy
Falco vespertinus was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Falco vespertinus Linnaeus
2002Falco vespertinus Mlikovsky p. 224
2014Falco vespertinus del Hoyo et al.
2017Falco vespertinus Clements et al.
2018Falco vespertinus Carrera et al. p. 159

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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()
orderTheropoda
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
Falconiformes(Sharpe 1874)
familyFalconidaeVigors 1824
subfamilyFalconinaeVigors 1824
genusFalco
speciesvespertinusLinnaeus 1766

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.

Falco vespertinus Linnaeus 1766 [Red-footed falcon]
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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 Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary (Barany) Falco vespertinus (35457)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Falco vespertinus (197769)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Romania Falco vespertinus (197948)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Falco vespertinus (197938)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) Falco vespertinus (184245)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Falco vespertinus (215376)