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Taxonomy
Ortalis was named by Merrem (1786). It is extant. Its type is Ortalis motmot.
It was assigned to Penelopinae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940); to Ortalisinae by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Cracidae by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1933), Miller (1944), Wetmore (1956), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Penelopinae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940); to Ortalisinae by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Cracidae by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1933), Miller (1944), Wetmore (1956), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Clements et al. (2017).
Species
O. canicollis, O. cinereiceps, O. leucogastra, O. motmot (type species), O. phengites, O. pollicaris, O. superciliaris, O. tantala, O. vetula
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1786 | Ortalis Merrem |
| 1930 | Ortalis Hay p. 324 |
| 1933 | Ortalis Lambrecht p. 430 |
| 1933 | Ortalis Wetmore p. 64 |
| 1940 | Ortalis Wetmore p. 42 |
| 1944 | Ortalis Miller p. 91 |
| 1956 | Ortalis Wetmore p. 51 |
| 2001 | Ortalis Olson and Rasmussen p. 299 |
| 2014 | Ortalis del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Ortalis 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.
G. Ortalis Merrem 1786 [chachalaca]
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Ortalis canicollis Wagler 1830 [Chaco chachalaca]
Ortalis cinereiceps Gray 1867 [Grey-headed Chachalaca]
Ortalis leucogastra Gould 1843 [White-bellied chachalaca]
Ortalis motmot Linnaeus 1766 [Little chachalaca]
†Ortalis phengites Wetmore 1923
†Ortalis pollicaris Miller 1944
Ortalis superciliaris Gray 1867 [Buff-browed chachalaca]
†Ortalis tantala Wetmore 1933
Ortalis vetula Wagler 1830 [Plain chachalaca]
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 Aquitanian to the top of the Holocene or 23.04000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 18.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 18.5 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrisonian | USA (Nebraska) | Ortalis tantala (17741) | |
| Aquitanian - Langhian | USA (North Carolina) | Ortalis sp. (48887) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (South Dakota) | Ortalis pollicaris (17912) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Kansas) | Ortalis affinis (18450) | |
| Holocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | Ortalis sp., Ortalis vetula, Ortalis leucogastra (195047) |