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Emberizidae (old world bunting)
Taxonomy
Emberizidae was named by Vigors (1831). It is extant.
It was reranked as the subfamily Emberizinae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956) and Mead et al. (1984).
It was assigned to Fringillidae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956) and Mead et al. (1984); and to Passeriformes by Emslie (1992), Guthrie (1992), Parmalee (1992) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was reranked as the subfamily Emberizinae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956) and Mead et al. (1984).
It was assigned to Fringillidae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956) and Mead et al. (1984); and to Passeriformes by Emslie (1992), Guthrie (1992), Parmalee (1992) and Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1831 | Emberizidae Vigors |
1940 | Emberizinae Wetmore p. 78 |
1956 | Emberizinae Wetmore p. 99 |
1984 | Emberizinae Mead et al. p. 264 |
1992 | Emberizidae Emslie p. 264 |
1992 | Emberizidae Guthrie p. 324 |
1992 | Emberizidae Parmalee p. 316 |
2017 | Emberizidae 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. Emberizidae Vigors 1831 [old world bunting]
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G. Emberiza Linnaeus 1758
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†Emberiza alcoveri Rando et al. 1999
Emberiza calandra Linnaeus 1758 [corn bunting]
Emberiza citrinella Linnaeus 1758 [yellowhammer]
Emberiza schoeniclus Linnaeus 1758 [reed bunting]
Invalid names: Schoeniclus Forster 1817 [synonym]
Invalid names: Thraupinae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Thiollay 1994, Marsh 1875 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Turolian to the top of the Holocene or 8.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Collections (23 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Turolian | Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') | Emberiza sp. (174455) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | Italy | Emberiza sp. (194929) | |
Calabrian | Spain (Castilla-Leon) | Emberiza citrinella (34870) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Siracusa) | Emberiza sp. 1, Emberiza sp. 2, Emberiza sp. 3 (175900) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Sardinia) | Emberiza sp. (51504) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | Emberiza sp. (194940) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Peloponnesus) | Emberiza citrinella (184245) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Emberizidae indet. (152904) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | Emberizidae indet. (193440) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Romania | Emberizidae indet. (197948) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Crete) | Emberiza calandra (192960) Emberiza sp. 1 (192957 192958) Emberiza sp. 1, Emberiza sp. 2, Emberiza calandra (192955) Emberiza sp. 2 (92902 192959) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy | Emberizidae indet. (197788) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Emberiza citrinella, Emberiza calandra, Emberiza schoeniclus (125321) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Spain | Emberiza alcoveri (194298) | |
Holocene | Russian Federation | Emberizidae indet. (171637 194810) | |
Holocene | France (Corse) | Emberiza cirlus (215378) | |
Holocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Emberiza citrinella (215380) |