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Falconoidae

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Falconoidae is a superfamily. It is extant. Its type is Falco.

It was corrected as Falconoidea by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Livezey and Zusi (2007).

It was assigned to Falconiformes by Hay (1930); to Falcones by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956); and to Falconides by Livezey and Zusi (2007).

Subtaxa
Buteonidae
Sister taxa
Buteonidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Falconoidae Hay p. 313
1940Falconoidea Wetmore p. 32
1956Falconoidea Wetmore p. 38
2007Falconoidea Livezey and Zusi p. 93

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
—Falconiformes(Sharpe 1874)
superfamilyFalconoidae
superfamilyFalconoidae

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.

Superfm. Falconoidae
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Fm. Buteonidae Vigors 1824
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Invalid names: Accipitrini del Hoyo et al. 2014 [empty], Gypini del Hoyo et al. 2014 [empty]
Subfm. Milvinae
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G. †Proictinia Shufeldt 1915
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†Proictinia effera Wetmore 1923
†Proictinia gilmorei Shufeldt 1913
G. †Promilio Wetmore 1958
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†Promilio brodkorbi Wetmore 1958
†Promilio epileus Wetmore 1958
†Promilio floridanus Brodkorb 1956
Invalid names: Circinae Bonaparte 1838 [empty], Elaninae Blyth 1851 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.45000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 18.5 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Harrisonian23.1 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Proictinia effera (17741)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Jiangsu) Accipitrinae indet. (41813)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Florida) Proictinia floridana, Promilio epileus, Promilio brodkorbi (18597)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation Accipitrinae indet. (171637)