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Podargidae (frogmouth)
Taxonomy
Podargidae was named by Gray (1847). It is extant.
It was assigned to Neognathae by Mayr (2005); to Caprimulgi by Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Caprimulgiformes by Carroll (1988), Mourer-Chauviré (1989), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Neognathae by Mayr (2005); to Caprimulgi by Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Caprimulgiformes by Carroll (1988), Mourer-Chauviré (1989), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1847 | Podargidae Gray |
| 1988 | Podargidae Carroll |
| 1989 | Podargidae Mourer-Chauviré |
| 2005 | Podargidae Mayr p. 319 |
| 2007 | Podargidae Livezey and Zusi p. 94 |
| 2014 | Podargidae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Podargidae 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. Podargidae Gray 1847 [frogmouth]
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G. Batrachostomus Gould 1838 [frogmouths]
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Batrachostomus auritus Gray 1829 [Large frogmouth]
Batrachostomus septimus Tweeddale 1877 [Philippine frogmouth]
G. Podargus Vieillot 1818
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Podargus ocellatus Quoy and Gaimard 1830 [Marbled frogmouth]
Podargus papuensis Quoy and Gaimard 1830 [Papuan frogmouth]
Podargus strigoides Latham 1801 [Tawny frogmouth]
G. Rigidipenna Cleere et al. 2007
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Rigidipenna inexpectata Cleere et al. 2007 [Solomons frogmouth]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 37.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Eocene | France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) | Quercypodargus olsoni (183665) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Podargus strigoides (136072) |