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Caracara creightoni (Creighton's caracara)

Reptilia - Falconidae

Taxonomy
Caracara creightoni was named by Brodkorb (1959). Its type specimen is UF 3153, a limb element (left carpometacarpus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Banana Hole (UF collection), which is in a Pleistocene/Holocene sinkhole limestone in the Bahamas.

It was recombined as Polyborus creightoni by Olson and Hilgartner (1982) and Morgan (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Caracara creightoni Brodkorb p. 353 figs. plate 1, fig. 7
1982Polyborus creightoni Olson and Hilgartner p. 28
1994Polyborus creightoni Morgan p. 480
2018Caracara creightoni Oswald and Steadman p. 366

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
Falconiformes(Sharpe 1874)
familyFalconidaeVigors 1824
genusCaracaraMerrem 1826
speciescreightoni

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.

Caracara creightoni Brodkorb 1959 [Creighton's caracara]
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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: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:32:37
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:32:37
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) Caracara creightoni (type locality: 194588) Polyborus creightoni (144649)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) Caracara creightoni (144662)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Polyborus creightoni (186637)