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Taxonomy
Otididae was named by Gray (1840). It is extant.
It was assigned to Carinatae by De Vis (1892); to Gruae by Lambrecht (1933); to Charadriiformes by Carroll (1988); to Otides by Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Otidiformes by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Carinatae by De Vis (1892); to Gruae by Lambrecht (1933); to Charadriiformes by Carroll (1988); to Otides by Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Otidiformes by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1840 | Otididae Gray |
| 1892 | Otididae De Vis p. 455 |
| 1933 | Otididae Lambrecht p. 527 |
| 1988 | Otididae Carroll |
| 2007 | Otididae Livezey and Zusi p. 91 |
| 2014 | Otididae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Otididae 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. Otididae Gray 1840
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G. Afrotis Gray 1855 [bustards]
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Afrotis afra Linnaeus 1766 [Southern black bustard]
Afrotis afraoides Smith 1831 [Northern black bustard]
G. Ardeotis Le Maout 1853 [bustards]
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Ardeotis arabs Linnaeus 1758 [Arabian bustard]
Ardeotis kori Burchell 1822 [Kori bustard]
Ardeotis nigriceps Vigors 1831 [Great indian bustard]
G. Chlamydotis Lesson 1839
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†Chlamydotis mesetaria Sánchez Marco 1990
†Chlamydotis pliodeserti Serebrovs'kyj 1941
Chlamydotis undulata von Jacquin 1784 [Houbara bustard]
G. Otis Linnaeus 1758
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†Otis affinis Lydekker 1891
†Otis agilis Milne-Edwards 1871
†Otis bessarabensis Kessler and Gál 1996
†Otis lambrechti Kretzoi 1941
†Otis paratetrax Bocheński and Kuročkin 1987
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 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 (18 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Langhian | Kenya | Otididae indet. (22082) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Ravenna) | Otididae indet. (144566) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Morocco | Otididae indet. (32052) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Eritrea (Buia) | Ardeotis kori (193126) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) | Otis lambrechti (35428) | |
| Calabrian | Italy | Otis tarda, Tetrax tetrax (197790) Tetrax tetrax (197789) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Hungary | Otis tarda, Otis tetrax (35047) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy | Otis tarda (197926) Tetrax tetrax (197928) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Otis tetrax (93837) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Egypt | Chlamydotis undulata (208788) Neotis denhami (21877) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Russian Federation | Otis tarda (194811) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Greece (Argolida) | Otis tarda (182709) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Greece (Peloponnesus) | Otis tarda (184243) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Spain | Chlamydotis undulata (194298) | |
| Holocene | France (Corse) | Otis tetrax (215365) |