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Sylviidae

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Sylviidae

Taxonomy
Sylviidae was named by Vigors (1825). It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Sylviinae by Matsuoka (2000).

It was assigned to Muscicapidae by Matsuoka (2000); and to Passeriformes by Burney et al. (2008) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Sylviidae Vigors
2000Sylviinae Matsuoka
2008Sylviidae Burney et al. p. 18
2017Sylviidae 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)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familySylviidaeVigors 1825
familySylviidaeVigors 1825

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. Sylviidae Vigors 1825
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G. Hippolais Baldenstein 1827
G. Locustella Kaup 1829
G. Regulus Cuvier 1800
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Regulus ignicapilla Temminck 1820
G. Sylvia Scopoli 1769
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Sylvia atricapilla Linnaeus 1758
Sylvia borin Boddaert 1783 [garden warbler]
Sylvia communis Latham 1787 [greater whitethroat]
Sylvia sarda Temminck 1820 [Marmora's warbler]
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 MN 9 to the top of the Holocene or 11.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 9.7 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Locustella sp. (75481)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Sylvia atricapilla (174455)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Sylvia communis (197789)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) Sylvia sp. (175900)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Sylvia borin (125088)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy Sylviidae indet. (197786)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Sylvia sarda (194944) Sylvia sp. (194940)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Sylviinae indet. (193440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Corse) Sylvia borin (215363)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Sylviidae indet. (51552)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Philippines Sylviidae indet. (194833 194835)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Sylvia sp. (194936)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Sylvia melanocephala, Sylvia hortensis, Sylvia atricapilla, Regulus sp. (215378)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Yemen Sylviidae indet. (169046 234349)