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Apterygidae
Taxonomy
Apterygidae was named by Gray (1840). It is extant.
It was assigned to Ratitae by De Vis (1892); to Aves by Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003); to Struthioniformes by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Apterygiformes by Lambrecht (1933), Carroll (1988), Livezey and Zusi (2007) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Ratitae by De Vis (1892); to Aves by Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003); to Struthioniformes by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Apterygiformes by Lambrecht (1933), Carroll (1988), Livezey and Zusi (2007) and Clements et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1840 | Apterygidae Gray |
1892 | Apterygidae De Vis p. 455 |
1933 | Apterygidae Lambrecht p. 221 |
1988 | Apterygidae Carroll |
2003 | Apterygidae Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 443 |
2007 | Apterygidae Livezey and Zusi p. 89 |
2014 | Apterygidae del Hoyo et al. |
2017 | Apterygidae Clements et al. |
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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. Apterygidae Gray 1840
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G. Apteryx Huxley 1867 [kiwi]
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Apteryx australis Shaw 1813 [Southern brown kiwi]
Apteryx haastii Potts 1872 [Great spotted kiwi]
Apteryx mantelli Bartlett 1851 [Northern brown kiwi]
Apteryx owenii Gould 1847 [Little spotted kiwi]
Apteryx rowi Tennyson et al. 2003 [Okarito kiwi]
G. †Metapteryx De Vis 1892
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Benton 1983, 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
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.9 Ma
Collections (21 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Altonian | New Zealand (South Island) | Proapteryx micromeros (152098 153884) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Apteryx australis (87810 87814) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | New Zealand | Apteryx sp. (182828 182833 182838 182840) | |
Holocene | New Zealand | Apteryx australis (194619 195150) Apteryx australis, Apteryx owenii (215577) Apteryx sp. (175901) Apteryx sp. juv., Apteryx australis (100554 194618) | |
Holocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Apteryx australis (215407 215410 215412 215414) Apteryx sp. (215403 215415) Apteryx sp., Apteryx australis, Apteryx owenii (215392) |