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Cracidae
Taxonomy
Cracidae was named by Vigors (1825). It is extant.
It was assigned to Galloidae by Hay (1930); to Cracides by Lambrecht (1933); to Cracoidea by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Tordoff and Macdonald (1957), Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Galli by Worthy et al. (2017); to Galliformes by Carroll (1988), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Mayr and Weidig (2004), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017); and to Galliformes by Mayr (2022).
It was assigned to Galloidae by Hay (1930); to Cracides by Lambrecht (1933); to Cracoidea by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Tordoff and Macdonald (1957), Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Galli by Worthy et al. (2017); to Galliformes by Carroll (1988), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Mayr and Weidig (2004), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017); and to Galliformes by Mayr (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1825 | Cracidae Vigors |
| 1930 | Cracidae Hay p. 324 |
| 1933 | Cracidae Lambrecht p. 429 |
| 1940 | Cracidae Wetmore p. 42 |
| 1956 | Cracidae Wetmore p. 51 |
| 1957 | Cracidae Tordoff and Macdonald p. 182 |
| 1988 | Cracidae Carroll |
| 2001 | Cracidae Olson and Rasmussen p. 299 |
| 2004 | Cracidae Mayr and Weidig p. 216 |
| 2007 | Cracidae Livezey and Zusi p. 90 |
| 2014 | Cracidae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Cracidae Clements et al. |
| 2017 | Cracidae Worthy et al. |
| 2022 | Cracidae Mayr p. 55 |
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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. Cracidae Vigors 1825
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Subfm. Cracinae Vigors 1825
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G. Crax Linnaeus 1758
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Crax alberti Fraser 1852 [blue-billed curassow]
Crax globulosa Spix 1825 [Wattled curassow]
Crax rubra Linnaeus 1758 [Great curassow]
Subfm. Oreophasinae Sclater and Salvin 1870
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G. Ortalis Merrem 1786 [chachalaca]
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Ortalis canicollis Wagler 1830 [Chaco chachalaca]
Ortalis cinereiceps Gray 1867 [Grey-headed Chachalaca]
Ortalis leucogastra Gould 1843 [White-bellied chachalaca]
Ortalis motmot Linnaeus 1766 [Little chachalaca]
†Ortalis phengites Wetmore 1923
†Ortalis pollicaris Miller 1944
Ortalis superciliaris Gray 1867 [Buff-browed chachalaca]
†Ortalis tantala Wetmore 1933
Ortalis vetula Wagler 1830 [Plain chachalaca]
G. Penelope Merrem 1786
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Penelope argyrotis Bonaparte 1856 [Band-tailed guan]
Penelope barbata Chapman 1921 [Bearded guan]
Penelope marail Müller 1776 [Marail guan]
Penelope montagnii Bonaparte 1856 [Andean guan]
Penelope ortoni Salvin 1874 [Baudo guan]
Penelope purpurascens Wagler 1830 [crested guan]
Penelope superciliaris Temminck 1815 [Rusty-margined guan]
Subfm. Penelopinae Huxley 1868
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G. Chamaepetes Wagler 1832 [guan]
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Chamaepetes goudotii Lesson 1828 [Sickle-winged guan]
Chamaepetes unicolor Salvin 1867 [Black guan]
Invalid names: Ortalisinae del Hoyo et al. 2014 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Whitneyan to the top of the Holocene or 31.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 29.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 29.5 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Whitneyan | USA (South Dakota) | Palaeonossax senectus (74637) | |
| Harrisonian | USA (Nebraska) | Ortalis tantala (17741) | |
| Aquitanian - Langhian | USA (North Carolina) | Ortalis sp. (48887) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (South Dakota) | Ortalis pollicaris (17912) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Colorado) | Cracidae indet. (17965) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Florida) | Boreortalis laesslei (18597) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Nebraska) | Boreortalis phengitis (18197) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Kansas) | Ortalis affinis (18450) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Cracidae indet. (20350) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru | Penelope purpurascens (71346) | |
| Holocene | Venezuela | Crax alberti (241336) | |
| Holocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | Ortalis sp., Ortalis vetula, Ortalis leucogastra (195047) |