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Buteonidae

Reptilia - Buteonidae

Taxonomy

Buteonidae was named by Vigors (1824). It is extant. Its type is Buteo.

It was assigned to Falconoidae by Hay (1930).

Subtaxa

Accipitrinae, Circinae, Elaninae, Milvinae

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1824	Buteonidae Vigors
1930	Buteonidae Hay p. 314

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
—	Falconiformes	(Sharpe 1874)
superfamily	Falconoidae
family	Buteonidae	Vigors 1824
family	Buteonidae	Vigors 1824

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. Buteonidae Vigors 1824

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Subfm. Accipitrinae

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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: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

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
Harrisonian	23.1 - 18.5	USA (Nebraska)	Proictinia effera (17741)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	China (Jiangsu)	Accipitrinae indet. (41813)
Hemingfordian	18.5 - 16.3	USA (Florida)	Proictinia floridana, Promilio epileus, Promilio brodkorbi (18597)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Russian Federation	Accipitrinae indet. (171637)