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Trogonidae
Taxonomy
Trogonidae was named by Lesson (1828). It is extant.
It was assigned to Halcyones by Olson (1985) and Carroll (1988); and to Trogoniformes by Lambrecht (1933), Kristoffersen (2002), Mayr (2005), Livezey and Zusi (2007), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Halcyones by Olson (1985) and Carroll (1988); and to Trogoniformes by Lambrecht (1933), Kristoffersen (2002), Mayr (2005), Livezey and Zusi (2007), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1828 | Trogonidae Lesson |
| 1933 | Trogonidae Lambrecht p. 625 |
| 1985 | Trogonidae Olson p. 124 |
| 1988 | Trogonidae Carroll |
| 2002 | Trogonidae Kristoffersen |
| 2005 | Trogonidae Mayr p. 513 |
| 2007 | Trogonidae Livezey and Zusi p. 94 |
| 2014 | Trogonidae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Trogonidae Clements 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.
Fm. Trogonidae Lesson 1828
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G. Pharomachrus de la Llave 1832 [quetzal]
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Pharomachrus mocinno de la Llave 1832 [Resplendent quetzal]
G. Priotelus Gray 1840
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Priotelus roseigaster Vieillot 1817 [Hispaniolan trogon]
Invalid names: Temnotrogon Bonaparte 1854 [synonym]
G. Trogon Brisson 1760 [trogon]
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Trogon massena Gould 1838 [Slaty-tailed trogon]
Trogon melanurus Swainson 1838 [Black-tailed trogon]
Trogon violaceus Gmelin 1788 [Violaceous trogon]
Trogon viridis Linnaeus 1766 [Green-backed trogon]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 11 to the top of the Holocene or 48.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Eotrogon stenorhynchus (227361) | |
| Ypresian | Denmark | Septentrogon madseni (67711) | |
| MP 11 | Germany (Hessen) | Primotrogon pumilio (120798) | |
| MP 22 - MP 24 | France | Primotrogon wintersteini (74638) | |
| Rupelian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Primotrogon sp. (68021) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Dominican Republic | Temnotrogon roseigaster (194485) | |
| Holocene | Haiti | Priotelus roseigaster (194483) |