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Pandionidae (osprey)
Taxonomy
Pandionidae was named by Sclater and Salvin (1873). It is extant.
It was reranked as the subfamily Pandioninae by Hay (1930) and Mayr (2006).
It was assigned to Falconidae by Hay (1930); to Accipitres by Brunet (1970); to Accipitridae by Mayr (2006); to Falconoidea by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956) and Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Falconiformes by Harrison and Walker (1976), Warter (1976), Rasmussen et al. (1987), Carroll (1988), Olson and Rasmussen (2001) and Louchart et al. (2008); and to Accipitriformes by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was reranked as the subfamily Pandioninae by Hay (1930) and Mayr (2006).
It was assigned to Falconidae by Hay (1930); to Accipitres by Brunet (1970); to Accipitridae by Mayr (2006); to Falconoidea by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956) and Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Falconiformes by Harrison and Walker (1976), Warter (1976), Rasmussen et al. (1987), Carroll (1988), Olson and Rasmussen (2001) and Louchart et al. (2008); and to Accipitriformes by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1873 | Pandionidae Sclater and Salvin |
| 1930 | Pandioninae Hay p. 320 |
| 1940 | Pandionidae Wetmore p. 40 |
| 1956 | Pandionidae Wetmore p. 48 |
| 1970 | Pandionidae Brunet p. 44 |
| 1976 | Pandionidae Harrison and Walker p. 339 |
| 1976 | Pandionidae Warter p. 133 |
| 1987 | Pandionidae Rasmussen et al. p. 4 |
| 1988 | Pandionidae Carroll |
| 2001 | Pandionidae Olson and Rasmussen p. 298 |
| 2006 | Pandioninae Mayr p. 93 |
| 2007 | Pandionidae Livezey and Zusi p. 93 |
| 2008 | Pandionidae Louchart et al. p. 159 |
| 2014 | Pandionidae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Pandionidae 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. Pandionidae Sclater and Salvin 1873 [osprey]
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G. Pandion Savigny 1809 [osprey]
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Pandion haliaetus Linnaeus 1758 [osprey]
†Pandion homalopteron Warter 1976
†Pandion lovensis Becker 1985 [osprey]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.1 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.1 Ma
Collections (18 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rupelian | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Pandioninae indet. (192385) | |
| Rupelian | Egypt (Fayum) | Pandion sp. (12960) | |
| Langhian | USA (California) | Pandion homalopteron (59059) | |
| Late/Upper Clarendonian | USA (Florida) | Pandionidae indet., Pandion lovensis (18554) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Ethiopia | Pandion sp. (192303) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Pandion sp. (52582) | |
| Pleistocene | Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) | Pandion haliaetus (22508) | |
| Pleistocene | Egypt | Pandion haliaetus (21888) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) | Pandion haliaetus (144663) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | France (Corse) | Pandion haliaetus (215363) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Pandion haliaetus (20636) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Pandion haliaetus (154773) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Florida) | Pandion haliaetus (154722) | |
| Holocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | Pandion haliaetus (195047) | |
| Holocene | New Caledonia | Pandion haliaetus (193986 193987) | |
| Holocene | Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) | Pandion haliaetus (144662) | |
| Holocene | Bahamas | Pandion haliaetus (145366) |