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Coliidae
Taxonomy
Coliidae was named by Swainson (1837). It is extant.
It was assigned to Coliiformes by Mayr (2005); and to Coliiformes by Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Mayr and Peters (1998), Mayr (2000), Mayr and Mourer-Chauviré (2004), Livezey and Zusi (2007), Mourer-Chauviré (2008), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Coliiformes by Mayr (2005); and to Coliiformes by Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Mayr and Peters (1998), Mayr (2000), Mayr and Mourer-Chauviré (2004), Livezey and Zusi (2007), Mourer-Chauviré (2008), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1837 | Coliidae Swainson |
| 1985 | Coliidae Olson p. 122 |
| 1988 | Coliidae Carroll |
| 1998 | Coliidae Mayr and Peters |
| 2000 | Coliidae Mayr p. 86 |
| 2004 | Coliidae Mayr and Mourer-Chauviré p. 370 |
| 2005 | Coliidae Mayr p. 318 |
| 2007 | Coliidae Livezey and Zusi p. 94 |
| 2008 | Coliidae Mourer-Chauviré |
| 2014 | Coliidae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Coliidae 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. Coliidae Swainson 1837
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G. †Chascacocolius Houde and Olson 1992
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†Chascacocolius cacicirostris Mayr 2005
†Chascacocolius oscitans Houde and Olson 1992
G. Colius Brisson 1760 [mousebird]
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Colius castanotus Verreaux and Verreaux 1855 [Red-backed mousebird]
Colius colius Linnaeus 1766 [White-backed mousebird]
Colius leucocephalus Reichenow 1879 [White-headed mousebird]
Colius striatus Gmelin 1789 [speckled mousebird]
G. †Oligocolius Mayr 2000
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†Oligocolius brevitarsus Mayr 2000
†Oligocolius psittacocephalon Mayr 2013
G. †Primocolius Mourer-Chauviré 1988
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†Primocolius minor Mourer-Chauviré 1988
†Primocolius sigei Mourer-Chauviré 1988
G. Urocolius Bonaparte 1854 [mousebird]
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†Urocolius archiaci Milne-Edwards 1871
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Invalid names: Picus consobrinus Milne-Edwards 1871 [synonym]
Urocolius indicus Latham 1790 [Red-faced mousebird]
Urocolius macrourus Linnaeus 1766 [Blue-naped mousebird]
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 Wasatchian to the top of the Calabrian or 55.80000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 50.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 50.3 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian | Denmark | Chascacocolius oscitans (84460) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | Celericolius acriala (224383) | |
| MP 11 | Germany (Hessen) | Selmes absurdipes (138656) Selmes absurdipes, Chascacocolius cacicirostris (120798) | |
| Bartonian | France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) | Primocolius sigei (12840) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Belgium | Coliidae indet. (31748) | |
| Rupelian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Oligocolius brevitarsus (68021) | |
| MP 28 | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Oligocolius psittacocephalon (71942) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | South Africa | Colius hendeyi (22224) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Piedmont) | Coliidae indet. (172914) | |
| Zanclean | South Africa | Colius hendeyi (22221 22227) | |
| Calabrian | Tanzania | Colius striatus (22617) |