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Coliiformes (mousebird)
Taxonomy
Coliiformes was named by Murie (1872). It is extant.
It was reranked as the unranked clade Coliiformes by Mayr (2005).
It was assigned to Neognathae by Carroll (1988); to Neognathae by Mayr (2005); to Trogonomorphae by Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Aves by Lambrecht (1933) and del Hoyo et al. (2014).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Coliiformes by Mayr (2005).
It was assigned to Neognathae by Carroll (1988); to Neognathae by Mayr (2005); to Trogonomorphae by Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Aves by Lambrecht (1933) and del Hoyo et al. (2014).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1872 | Coliiformes Murie |
| 1933 | Coliiformes Lambrecht p. 625 |
| 1988 | Coliiformes Carroll |
| 2005 | Coliiformes Mayr p. 319 |
| 2007 | Coliiformes Livezey and Zusi p. 94 |
| 2014 | Coliiformes del Hoyo et al. |
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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.
Or. Coliiformes Murie 1872 [mousebird]
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Fm. Coliidae Swainson 1837
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G. †Chascacocolius Houde and Olson 1992
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†Chascacocolius cacicirostris Mayr 2005
†Chascacocolius oscitans Houde and Olson 1992
G. Colius Brisson 1760 [mousebird]
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Colius castanotus Verreaux and Verreaux 1855 [Red-backed mousebird]
Colius colius Linnaeus 1766 [White-backed mousebird]
Colius leucocephalus Reichenow 1879 [White-headed mousebird]
Colius striatus Gmelin 1789 [speckled mousebird]
G. †Oligocolius Mayr 2000
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†Oligocolius brevitarsus Mayr 2000
†Oligocolius psittacocephalon Mayr 2013
G. †Primocolius Mourer-Chauviré 1988
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†Primocolius minor Mourer-Chauviré 1988
†Primocolius sigei Mourer-Chauviré 1988
G. Urocolius Bonaparte 1854 [mousebird]
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†Urocolius archiaci Milne-Edwards 1871
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Invalid names: Picus consobrinus Milne-Edwards 1871 [synonym]
Urocolius indicus Latham 1790 [Red-faced mousebird]
Urocolius macrourus Linnaeus 1766 [Blue-naped mousebird]
Invalid names: Colii Gadow 1892 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Calabrian or 55.80000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 50.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 50.3 Ma
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian | United Kingdom | Eocolius walkeri (85229) | |
| Ypresian | Denmark | Chascacocolius oscitans (84460) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | Celericolius acriala (224383) | |
| MP 11 | Germany (Hessen) | Selmes absurdipes (138656) Selmes absurdipes, Chascacocolius cacicirostris (120798) | |
| Bartonian | France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) | Primocolius sigei (12840) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | USA (Colorado) | Palaeospiza bella (112320) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Belgium | Coliidae indet. (31748) | |
| Rupelian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Oligocolius brevitarsus (68021) | |
| MP 28 | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Oligocolius psittacocephalon (71942) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | South Africa | Colius hendeyi (22224) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Piedmont) | Coliidae indet. (172914) | |
| Zanclean | South Africa | Colius hendeyi (22221 22227) | |
| Calabrian | Tanzania | Colius striatus (22617) |