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Merops

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Merops may refer to:

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merops, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2475391	https://www.gbif.org/species/2475391
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	143840	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=143840

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Coraciiformes : Meropidae : Merops

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Theropoda
-	Neotheropoda	Bakker 1986
-	Averostra	Paul 2002
-	Tetanurae	Gauthier 1986
order	Avetheropoda	Paul 1988
suborder	Coelurosauria	Huene 1914
-	Maniraptora	Gauthier 1986
-	Paraves	Sereno 1997
class	Aves	Linnaeus 1758
-	Pygostylia	Chiappe 2002
-	Ornithothoraces	Chiappe and Calvo 1994
-	Ornithuromorpha	Chiappe et al. 1999
subclass	Ornithurae	Haeckel 1866
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
-	Neognathae
-	Neoaves	Sibley et al. 1988
-	Terrestrornithes	Livezey and Zusi 2007
-	Dendrornithes
-	Anomalogonates	Garrod 1874
-	Picoclamatores	Livezey and Zusi 2007
superorder	Passerimorphae	Sibley et al. 1988
order	Coraciiformes	Forbes 1884
family	Meropidae	Vigors 1825
genus	Merops	Linnæus 1758

Scientific Name

Merops Linnaeus, 1758

Name Published In

Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Merops	genus	belongs to Meropidae	stated without evidence	del Hoyo et al., 2014
Merops	genus	belongs to Meropidae	stated with evidence	Clements et al., 2017

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

0.01 Ma
Pleistocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Meropidae)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Theropoda)

Diet

insectivore (based on Meropidae)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

T. H. Worthy and J. A. Grant-Mackie. 2003. Late-Pleistocene avifaunas from Cape Wanbrow, Otago, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 33(1):427-485

Common Name(s)

Bee-eater

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merops

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Merops albicollis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops americanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops apiaster species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops batesiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops boehmi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops breweri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops bullockoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops bulocki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops chrysocercus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops cyanostictus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops dresseri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops frenatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops garrulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops gularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops hirundineus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops javanicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops leschenaulti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops malimbicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops marionis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops melanurus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops mentalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops muelleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops muscatensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops natalensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops northcotti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops nubicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops oreobates species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops orientalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops ornatus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Rainbow Bee-eater			0 Ma Extant
Merops persicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops philippinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops pusillus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops revoilii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops sumatranus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops superciliosus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Madagascar Bee-eater	1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Merops urica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops variegatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merops viridis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Bombylonax Heine, 1860	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Coraciiformes : Meropidae : *Bombylonax*
Dicrocercus Cabanis & Heine, 1860	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Coraciiformes : Meropidae : *Dicrocercus*
Aerops Reichenbach, 1851	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Coraciiformes : Meropidae : *Aerops*
Melittophagus Kirby & Spence, 1828	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Coraciiformes : Meropidae : *Melittophagus*
Melitophagus Des Murs, 1853	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Coraciiformes : Meropidae : *Melitophagus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1758	Merops Linnaeus
2014	Merops del Hoyo et al.
2017	Merops Clements et al.

References

Worthy T. H., Grant-Mackie J. A. (2003) Late-Pleistocene avifaunas from Cape Wanbrow, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 33 1, 427-485

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

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 4 Addition to the Official Lists and Official Indexes of certain scientific names and of the titles of certain books dealt with in Opinions 134 ? 160, exclusive of Opinion 149.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2(53), 629-652 (1954) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

SOF (2007) Holarktis Fåglar, version 2. SOF:s Taxonomikommittés officiella lista över Holarktis fåglar - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Fry, C. H.; Keith, S.; Urban, E. K. (1988). The Birds of Africa, Volume III. Academic Press, London. - via World Register of Marine Species

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. - via World Register of Marine Species

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. - via World Register of Marine Species

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