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Pandion (osprey)

Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Pandionidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1809Pandion Savigny
1930Pandion Hay p. 320
1940Pandion Wetmore p. 40
1956Pandion Wetmore p. 48
1976Pandion Warter p. 133
1985Pandion Becker
1987Pandion Rasmussen et al. p. 4
1988Pandion Carroll
2001Pandion Olson and Rasmussen p. 298
2007Pandion Livezey and Zusi p. 33
2008Pandion Louchart et al. p. 159
2014Pandion del Hoyo et al.
2017Pandion 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
familyPandionidaeSclater and Salvin 1873
genusPandionSavigny 1809

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. Pandion Savigny 1809 [osprey]
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Pandion haliaetus Linnaeus 1758 [osprey]
†Pandion homalopteron Warter 1976
†Pandion lovensis Becker 1985 [osprey]
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: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.1 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Egypt (Fayum) Pandion sp. (12960)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) Pandion homalopteron (59059)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Pandion lovensis (18554)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ethiopia Pandion sp. (192303)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Pandion sp. (52582)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt Pandion haliaetus (21888)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Pandion haliaetus (22508)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Pandion haliaetus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Corse) Pandion haliaetus (215363)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Pandion haliaetus (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) Pandion haliaetus (144663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Pandion haliaetus (20636)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) Pandion haliaetus (195047)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) Pandion haliaetus (144662)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Pandion haliaetus (193986 193987)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas Pandion haliaetus (145366)