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Zosteropidae (white-eye)

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Zosteropidae

Taxonomy
Zosteropidae was named by Bonaparte (1853). It is extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Zosteropidae Bonaparte
2008Zosteropidae Burney et al. p. 18
2017Zosteropidae 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
familyZosteropidaeBonaparte 1853
familyZosteropidaeBonaparte 1853

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. Zosteropidae Bonaparte 1853 [white-eye]
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G. Cleptornis Oustalet 1889
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Cleptornis marchei Oustalet 1889 [golden white-eye]
G. Zosterops Vigors and Horsfield 1827 [white-eye]
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Zosterops abyssinicus Guérin-Méneville 1843 [Abyssinian white-eye]
Zosterops chloronothos Vieillot 1817 [Mauritius white-eye]
Zosterops conspicillatus Kittlitz 1833 [bridled white-eye]
Zosterops maderaspatanus Linnaeus 1766 [Madagascar white-eye]
Zosterops mauritianus Gmelin 1789 [Mauritius gray white-eye]
Zosterops montanus Bonaparte 1850 [mountain white-eye]
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: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Philippines Zosterops montanus (194835)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Tonga Zosteropidae indet. (194698)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam Zosteropidae n. sp. (208640 208641 208642 208643 208644)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Yemen Zosterops abyssinicus (169046 234349)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Northern Mariana Islands Cleptornis marchei (194644) Zosterops conspicillatus (194622 194624 194626 194629 194643 194645 194646) Zosterops conspicillatus, Cleptornis marchei (194625 194649)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Toliara) Zosterops maderaspatana (92733)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Zosterops chloronothos, Zosterops mauritianus (194027 194034) Zosterops sp. (194169)