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Chionidae (sheathbill)
Taxonomy
Chionidae was named by Bonaparte (1832). It is extant.
It was assigned to Charadriiformes by Clements et al. (2017); and to Charadrii by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Mayr (2022).
It was assigned to Charadriiformes by Clements et al. (2017); and to Charadrii by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Mayr (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1832 | Chionidae Bonaparte |
| 2014 | Chionidae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Chionidae Clements et al. |
| 2022 | Chionidae Mayr p. 77 figs. Fig. 5.2 |
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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. Chionidae Bonaparte 1832 [sheathbill]
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G. Chionis Forster 1788
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Chionis albus Gmelin 1789 [snowy sheathbill]
Chionis minor Hartlaub 1841 [Black-faced sheathbill]
Invalid names: Vaginalis Gmelin 1789 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Chionis minor (28364) | |
| Holocene | Antarctica | Chionis alba (177180) |