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Onychoprion

Description

Onychoprion, the "brown-backed terns", is a genus of seabirds in the family Laridae. The genus name is from Ancient Greek onux, "claw" or "nail", and prion, "saw".


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onychoprion, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3241980https://www.gbif.org/species/3241980
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)368005https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=368005
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Laridae : Onychoprion
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
familyLaridaeVigors 1825
genusOnychoprionWagler 1832
Scientific NameOnychoprion Wagler, 1832
Name Published InIsis 25 col. 277
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Onychopriongenusbelongs to Laridaestated with evidenceClements et al., 2017
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
Extant Size (PBDB)3 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance0.13 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentmarine (based on Charadriiformes)
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)J. F. Clements, T. S. Schulenberg, and M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onychoprion

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Onychoprion aleuticus
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Onychoprion anaethetus
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Onychoprion fuscatus
species		listed (PBDB)Sooty Tern150.13 Ma
Pleistocene		0 Ma
Extant
Onychoprion lunatus
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		Gray-backed Tern40.01 Ma
Pleistocene		0 Ma
Extant

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Planetis Wagler, 1832GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Laridae : Planetis
Melanosterna Blyth, 1846GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Laridae : Melanosterna
Thalassipora Rüppell, 1845GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Laridae : Thalassipora
Haliplanes Blasius, 1862GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Laridae : Haliplanes
Dipsaleon Gistl, 1848GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Laridae : Dipsaleon
Planetes Gistl, 1848GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Laridae : Planetes
Onichoprion Blyth, 1851GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Laridae : Onichoprion
Haliplana Wagler, 1832GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Laridae : Haliplana
Halyplana Bonaparte, 1854GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Laridae : Halyplana

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1832Onychoprion Wagler
2017Onychoprion Clements et al.

References

Clements J. F., Schulenberg T. S., et al (2017) , The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017
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
Isis (Oken), 25 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Australian Faunal Directory (Jul 2011) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SOF (2007) Holarktis Fåglar, version 2. SOF:s Taxonomikommittés officiella lista över Holarktis fåglar - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
Gill, D. (eds.) (2015) IOC World Bird List (v 5.1). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.5.1. Online: http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
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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