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Aegotheles

Reptilia - Caprimulgiformes - Aegothelidae

Taxonomy
Aegotheles was named by Vigors and Horsfield (1827). It is extant.

It was assigned to Aegothelidae by Worthy (1997), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003), Worthy et al. (2007) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Aegotheles Vigors and Horsfield
1968Megaegotheles Scarlett
1988Megaegotheles Carroll
1997Aegotheles Worthy p. 107
2003Aegotheles Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 452
2007Aegotheles Worthy et al. p. 25
2017Aegotheles Clements et al.

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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)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderCaprimulgiformesRidgway 1881
familyAegothelidaeBonaparte 1853
genusAegothelesVigors and Horsfield 1827

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. Aegotheles Vigors and Horsfield 1827
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Aegotheles cristatus Shaw 1790 [Australian owlet-nightjar]
†Aegotheles novaezealandiae Scarlett 1968 [New Zealand owlet-nightjar]
Aegotheles savesi Layard and Layard 1881 [New Caledonian owlet-nightjar]
Invalid names: Megaegotheles Scarlett 1968 [synonym]
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: insectivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 18:48:25
Modified: 2009-01-03 20:48:25
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Lein 1972, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Altonian to the top of the Holocene or 19.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.9 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) A. sp. (73690)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) A. cristatus (194980)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) A. cristatus (136072)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0New Zealand A. novaezealandiae (182103 182104)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand A. novaezealandiae (181849)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) A. cristatus (194981)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) A. novaezealandiae (215380 215387 215392 215403 215415 215417 215418 215419 215420 215421 215582 215583)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia A. savesi (193984 193986 193987 193988)