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Phaethontidae (tropicbird)
Taxonomy
Phaethontidae was named by Brandt (1831). It is extant.
It was assigned to Phaetontes by Lambrecht (1933); to Pelecaniformes by Olson (1975); to Phaethontes by Olson (1985), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Aequornithes by Mayr (2011); and to Phaethontiformes by Bourdon et al. (2005), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Phaetontes by Lambrecht (1933); to Pelecaniformes by Olson (1975); to Phaethontes by Olson (1985), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Aequornithes by Mayr (2011); and to Phaethontiformes by Bourdon et al. (2005), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1831 | Phaethontidae Brandt |
| 1933 | Phaetontidae Lambrecht p. 276 |
| 1975 | Phaethontidae Olson p. 22 |
| 1985 | Phaethontidae Olson p. 194 |
| 1988 | Phaethontidae Carroll |
| 2005 | Phaethontidae Bourdon et al. p. 167 |
| 2007 | Phaethontidae Livezey and Zusi p. 91 |
| 2011 | Phaethontidae Mayr p. 73 figs. Figure 5 |
| 2014 | Phaethontidae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Phaethontidae 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. Phaethontidae Brandt 1831 [tropicbird]
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G. †Heliadornis Olson 1985
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†Heliadornis ashbyi Olson 1985
†Heliadornis paratethydicus Mlíkovský 1997
G. Phaethon Linnaeus 1758
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Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus 1758 [red-billed tropicbird]
Phaethon lepturus Daudin 1802 [white-tailed tropicbird]
Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert 1783 [red-tailed tropicbird]
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 Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 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 (83 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ypresian | United Kingdom | Proplegadis fisheri (215472) | |
| Langhian | USA (Maryland) | Heliadornis ashbyi (70826) | |
| Middle Miocene | Belgium | Heliadornis ashbyi (215622) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Seychelles (Aldabra) | Phaethon rubricauda (192429 192430) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Cayman Islands | Phaethon lepturus (209852) | |
| Holocene | Marshall Islands | Phaethon sp., Phaethon rubricauda (194995) | |
| Holocene | Saint Helena | Phaethon aethereus (176075 194221 194236 194290 194291) | |
| Holocene | French Polynesia (Society Islands) | Phaethon lepturus (215325) | |
| Holocene | French Polynesia | Phaethon lepturus (194675 198017 198021 198024 198025 198026) Phaethon lepturus, Phaethon rubricauda (198009 198010 198023) Phaethon rubricauda (194673 231175 231176 231177 231179 231181) | |
| Holocene | Cook Islands | Phaethon lepturus (194757 194758 194762 194764 194765) | |
| Holocene | Tonga | Phaethon lepturus (194751) | |
| Holocene | Tonga (Vava'u) | Phaethon lepturus (208862) | |
| Holocene | Northern Mariana Islands | Phaethon lepturus (194622 194623 194624 194645 194647 194648) | |
| Holocene | Reunion | Phaethon lepturus (193992 193994) | |
| Holocene | Palau | Phaethon lepturus (209729 209730 209738 209739 209740 209741 209742 209744 209745) | |
| Holocene | Micronesia, Federated States of | Phaethon lepturus (194650) | |
| Holocene | Solomon Islands | Phaethon lepturus (209060 209062 209064 209065 209066 209096) Phaethon lepturus, Phaethon rubricauda (209067) | |
| Holocene | Mauritius | Phaethon lepturus (194031 194171) | |
| Holocene | Cayman Islands (Cayman Brac) | Phaethon lepturus (210538 210539) | |
| Holocene | Niue | Phaethon lepturus (193851 193852 193853 193862 193863 193864 193865) | |
| Holocene | Pitcairn | Phaethon rubricauda (193762 193763 193764 193786 193787 193788 193789 193790 193791 193792 193793) | |
| Holocene | Bermuda | Phaethon lepturus (82260) |