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Todidae

Reptilia - Coraciiformes - Todidae

Taxonomy

Todidae was named by Vigors (1825). It is extant. Its type is Todus.

It was assigned to Halcyones by Carroll (1988); to Alcedinoidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Alcediniformes by Mayr and Knopf (2007) and Mayr and Micklich (2010); to Coraciiformes by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017); and to Alcedinides by Mayr (2022).

Subtaxa

Palaeotodus, Protornis, Todus (type genus)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1825	Todidae Vigors
1988	Todidae Carroll
2007	Todidae Livezey and Zusi p. 94
2007	Todidae Mayr and Knopf p. 1295
2010	Todidae Mayr and Micklich p. 389
2014	Todidae del Hoyo et al.
2017	Todidae Clements et al.
2022	Todidae Mayr p. 209 figs. Fig. 10.8

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
—	Neognathae	(Pycraft 1900)
—	Neoaves	Sibley et al. 1988
—	Terrestrornithes
—	Dendrornithes
—	Anomalogonates	Garrod 1874
—	Picoclamatores
superorder	Passerimorphae	Sibley et al. 1988
order	Coraciiformes	Forbes 1884
family	Todidae	Vigors 1825
family	Todidae	Vigors 1825

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. Todidae Vigors 1825

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G. †Palaeotodus Olson 1976

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†Palaeotodus escampsensis Mourer-Chauviré 1985

†Palaeotodus itardiensis Mourer-Chauviré 1985

G. †Protornis von Meyer 1844

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†Protornis glarniensis Meyer 1844

G. Todus Brisson 1760

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Todus angustirostris Lafresnaye 1851 [narrow-billed tody]

Todus subulatus Gray 1847 [broad-billed tody]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatiteo

Entire body:

yeso

Adult length:

10 to < 100o

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10o

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10o

Architecture:

compact or denseo

Ontogeny:

accretion, modification of partso

Grouping:

solitaryo

Environment:

terrestrialo

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

ground dwellingo

Diet:

carnivoresubo

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2009-01-03 20:39:15

Modified:

2009-01-03 22:39:15

Source: subo = suborder, o = order

References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

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

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Rupelian	33.9 - 28.1	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	Palaeotodus itardiensis, Palaeotodus itardiensis (68021)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene	0.129 - 0.0	Dominican Republic	Todus angustirostris, Todus subulatus (194485)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Haiti	Todus angustirostris (194483)