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Cathartiformes

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)326041https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=326041
Rankorder (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Cathartiformes
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Saurischia
-Theropoda
-NeotheropodaBakker 1986
-AverostraPaul 2002
-TetanuraeGauthier 1986
orderAvetheropodaPaul 1988
suborderCoelurosauriaHuene 1914
-ManiraptoraGauthier 1986
-ParavesSereno 1997
classAvesLinnaeus 1758
-PygostyliaChiappe 2002
-OrnithothoracesChiappe and Calvo 1994
-OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithuraeHaeckel 1866
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
orderCathartiformesCoues 1884
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cathartiformesorderbelongs to Avesstated without evidencedel Hoyo et al., 2014
Cathartiformesorderbelongs to Avesstated with evidenceStucchi et al., 2015
Cathartiformesorderbelongs to Neornithesstated with evidenceClements et al., 2017
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)67
Extant Size (PBDB)16 (24%)
First Recorded Appearance48.6 - 40.4 Ma
Eocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Theropoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Theropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Coelurosauria)
Reproductionoviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. Stucchi, S. D. Emslie, and R. M. Varas-Malca, M. Urbina-Schmitt. 2015. A new late Miocene condor (Aves, Cathartidae) from Peru and the origin of South American condors. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Cathartidae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
New World Vulture11348.6 Ma
Eocene
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1884Cathartiformes Coues
2014Cathartiformes del Hoyo et al.
2015Cathartiformes Stucchi et al.
2017Cathartiformes Clements et al.

References

Stucchi M., Emslie S. D., et al (2015) A new late Miocene condor (Aves, Cathartidae) from Peru and the origin of South American condors, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e972507 doi:10.1080/02724634.2015.972507
del Hoyo J., Collar N. J., et al (2014) HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines, 1-904
Clements J. F., Schulenberg T. S., et al (2017) , The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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