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Momotidae (motmot)

Reptilia - Coraciiformes - Momotidae

Taxonomy
Momotidae was named by Gray (1840). It is extant.

It was corrected as Motmotidae by Livezey and Zusi (2007).

It was assigned to Halcyones by Carroll (1988); to Momotoidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Coraciiformes by Becker (1986), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017); and to Alcedinides by Mayr (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Momotidae Gray
1986Momotidae Becker p. 478
1988Momotidae Carroll
2007Motmotidae Livezey and Zusi p. 94
2014Momotidae del Hoyo et al.
2017Momotidae Clements et al.
2022Momotidae Mayr p. 209 figs. Fig. 10.8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
—Picoclamatores
superorderPasserimorphaeSibley et al. 1988
orderCoraciiformesForbes 1884
familyMomotidaeGray 1840
familyMomotidaeGray 1840

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. Momotidae Gray 1840 [motmot]
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G. Momotus Brisson 1760
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Momotus lessonii Lesson 1842 [Lesson's motmot]
Momotus momota Linnaeus 1766 [Amazonian motmot]
Invalid names: Prionites Illiger 1811 [synonym]
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: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:57:50
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:57:50
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Thiollay 1994, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the early Early Hemphillian to the top of the Holocene or 10.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 4.9 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
early Early Hemphillian - late Early Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Momotidae indet. (18539)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) Momotidae indet., Momotus momota (195047)