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Glareolidae
Taxonomy
Glareolidae was named by Brehm (1831). It is extant.
It was assigned to Charadriiformes by Mayr (2005); to Glareoloidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Charadriiformes by Carroll (1988), Smith (2011) and Clements et al. (2017); and to Lari by del Hoyo et al. (2014), De Pietri et al. (2020) and Mayr (2022).
It was assigned to Charadriiformes by Mayr (2005); to Glareoloidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Charadriiformes by Carroll (1988), Smith (2011) and Clements et al. (2017); and to Lari by del Hoyo et al. (2014), De Pietri et al. (2020) and Mayr (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1831 | Glareolidae Brehm |
| 1988 | Glareolidae Carroll |
| 2005 | Glareolidae Mayr p. 318 |
| 2007 | Glareolidae Livezey and Zusi p. 92 |
| 2011 | Glareolidae Smith p. 30 figs. Figure 14 |
| 2014 | Glareolidae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Glareolidae Clements et al. |
| 2020 | Glareolidae De Pietri et al. p. 109 |
| 2022 | Glareolidae Mayr p. 77 figs. Fig. 5.2 |
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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. Glareolidae Brehm 1831
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G. †Boutersemia Mayr and Smith 2001
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†Boutersemia belgica Mayr and Smith 2001
†Boutersemia parvula Mayr and Smith 2001
G. †Mioglareola Ballmann 1979
G. †Precursor Harrison and Walker 1977
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†Precursor litorum Harrison and Walker 1977
†Precursor magnus Harrison and Walker 1977
†Precursor parvus Harrison and Walker 1977
Invalid names: Cursoriinae Gray 1840 [empty], Glareolinae Brehm 1831 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 55.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.6 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (Sussex) | Precursor parvus (13298) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Precursor parvus (8050 178051) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | United Kingdom | Precursor magnus, Precursor litorum (215472) | |
| Rupelian | Belgium (Brabant) | Boutersemia sp., Boutersemia belgica, Boutersemia parvula (75867) | |
| Harrisonian | USA (Nebraska) | Paractiornis perpusillus (17741) | |
| Aquitanian | France | Becassius charadriioides (152490) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Crete) | Glareola sp. (92902) | |
| Holocene | Indonesia | Stiltia isabella (215527) | |
| Holocene | Morocco | Cursorius cursor (215529) Glareola pratincola (215528) |