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Halcyornithidae
Taxonomy
Halcyornithidae was named by Harrison and Walker (1972). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Coraciiformes by Carroll (1988); and to Psittaciformes by Mayr (2011).
It was assigned to Coraciiformes by Carroll (1988); and to Psittaciformes by Mayr (2011).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1972 | Halcyornithidae Harrison and Walker |
1988 | Halcyornithidae Carroll |
1998 | Pseudasturidae Mayr p. 200 |
2002 | Pseudasturidae Mayr |
2004 | Pseudasturidae Mayr and Mourer-Chauviré p. 8 |
2005 | Pseudasturidae Mayr p. 318 |
2008 | Pseudasturidae Waterhouse et al. p. 579 |
2011 | Halcyornithidae Mayr p. 159 |
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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. †Halcyornithidae Harrison and Walker 1972
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G. †Cyrilavis Martin 2010
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†Cyrilavis colburnorum Ksepka et al. 2011
†Cyrilavis olsoni Feduccia and Martin 1976
Invalid names: Pseudasturidae Mayr 1998 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 |
Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Ypresian or 55.80000 to 47.80000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Ypresian | Belgium (West Flanders) | Halcyornithidae indet. (68430) | |
Ypresian | Denmark | Pseudastur sp. (84460) | |
Ypresian | United Kingdom | Halcyornis toliapicus (215472) | |
Wasatchian | USA (Virginia) | Halcyornithidae indet., Pulchrapollia sp. (15595) | |
Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Wyoming) | Primobucco olsoni (81453) | |
MP 11 | Germany (Hessen) | Pseudasturidae indet. (22701) |