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Bucerotidae (hornbill)
Taxonomy
Bucerotidae was named by Rafinesque (1815). It is extant. Its type is Buceros.
It was assigned to Bucerotides by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Bucerotiformes by Carroll (1988), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017); and to Bucerotes by Mayr (2022).
It was assigned to Bucerotides by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Bucerotiformes by Carroll (1988), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017); and to Bucerotes by Mayr (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1815 | Bucerotidae Rafinesque |
| 1988 | Bucerotidae Carroll |
| 2007 | Bucerotidae Livezey and Zusi p. 94 |
| 2014 | Bucerotidae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Bucerotidae Clements et al. |
| 2022 | Bucerotidae Mayr p. 209 figs. Fig. 10.8 |
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Fm. Bucerotidae Rafinesque 1815 [hornbill]
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G. Aceros Hodgson 1844
G. Buceros Linnaeus 1758
G. Bucorvus Lesson 1830 [ground-hornbill]
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Bucorvus abyssinicus Boddaert 1783 [Northern ground-hornbill]
Bucorvus leadbeateri Vigors 1825 [Southern ground-hornbill]
G. Lophoceros Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833 [hornbills]
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Lophoceros camurus Cassin 1857 [Dwarf hornbill]
G. Tockus Lesson 1830 [hornbills]
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Tockus damarensis Shelley 1888 [Damara hornbill]
Tockus deckeni Cabanis 1869 [Von der Decken's hornbill]
Tockus erythrorhynchus Temminck 1823 [Red-billed hornbill]
Tockus flavirostris Ruppell 1835 [Eastern yellow-billed hornbill]
Tockus jacksoni Ogilvie-Grant 1891 [Jackson's hornbill]
Tockus leucomelas Lichtenstein 1842 [Southern yellow-billed hornbill]
Tockus monteiri Hartlaub 1865 [Monteiro's hornbill]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Marsh 1875, Lein 1972 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Langhian to the top of the Holocene or 15.97000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Langhian | Kenya | Bucerotidae indet. (22070) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Papua New Guinea | Aceros plicatus (194694 194695) | |
| Holocene | Vanuatu (Efate) | Rhyticeros plicatus (185434) |