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Ardeinae

Reptilia - Theropoda - Ardeidae

Taxonomy
Ardeinae is a subfamily. It is extant. Its type is Ardea.

It was assigned to Ardeidae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Cheneval (1984), Becker (1985) and Livezey and Zusi (2007).

Subtaxa
Ardeini, Ardeola, Nycticoracini, Proardea, Proardeola
Sister taxa
Nycticoracini

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Ardeinae Hay p. 294
1940Ardeinae Wetmore p. 14
1956Ardeinae Wetmore p. 18
1984Ardeinae Cheneval p. 77
1985Ardeinae Becker p. 25
2007Ardeinae Livezey and Zusi p. 91

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderPelecaniformesSharpe 1891
familyArdeidaeLeach 1820
subfamilyArdeinae
subfamilyArdeinae

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.

Subfm. Ardeinae
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G. Ardeola Boie 1822 [pond heron]
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Ardeola ralloides Scopoli 1769 [Squacco heron]
G. †Proardea Lambrecht 1933
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†Proardea amissa Milne-Edwards 1892
†Proardea deschutteri Mayr et al. 2019
G. †Proardeola Harrison 1979
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†Proardeola walkeri Harrison 1979
Invalid names: Ardeini Bock 1956 [empty], Nycticoracini Bonaparte 1854 [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: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: piscivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:51:50
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:51:50
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Thiollay 1994

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.4 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Belgium Proardea deschutteri (31748)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Auvergne) Proardeola walkeri (125333)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Thailand Proardeola walkeri (48126)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Ardeola sp. (18554)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jordan Ardeola sp. (197945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles (Aldabra) Ardeola sp. (192430)