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Glareolidae

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Description

Glareolidae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadrii. It contains two distinct groups, the pratincoles and the coursers. The atypical Egyptian plover (Pluvianus aegyptius), traditionally placed in this family, is now known to be only distantly related.

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	5245	https://www.gbif.org/species/5245
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	39595	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=39595

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Glareolidae

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
order	Charadriiformes	Huxley 1867
family	Glareolidae	Brehm 1831

Scientific Name

Glareolidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Glareolidae	family	belongs to Charadriiformes	implied	Carroll, 1988
Glareolidae	family	belongs to Glareoloidea	stated with evidence	Livezey and Zusi, 2007
Glareolidae	family	belongs to Charadriiformes	stated without evidence	Smith, 2011
Glareolidae	family	belongs to Lari	stated without evidence	del Hoyo et al., 2014
Glareolidae	family	belongs to Charadriiformes	stated with evidence	Clements et al., 2017

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

6 (60%)

First Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene

Environment

marine (based on Charadriiformes)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Theropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Coelurosauria)

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)

R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Common Name(s)

Coursers, Pratincoles, Vadarsvalor, Renvogels En Vorkstaartplevieren, Brakksvalefamilien, Pratincoles, Coursers

Wikipedia

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

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cursoriinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Glareolinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Boutersemia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Cursorius genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Glareola genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Mioglareola ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Rhinoptilus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Stiltia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1831	Glareolidae Brehm
1988	Glareolidae Carroll
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.

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Livezey B. C., Zusi R. L. (2007) Higher-order phylogeny of modern birds (Theropoda, Aves: Neornithes) based on comparative anatomy. II. Analysis and discussion, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149 1, 1-95

Smith N. A. (2011) Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the flightless Mancallinae (Aves, Pan-Alcidae), ZooKeys 91, 1-116

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

Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Jirle, M. (2015) Officiella svenska namn på alla världens fågelfamiljer – Taxonomikommittén SOF/BirdLife Sverige – version 10 (11 februari 2015. ). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Aphia2006 (marine) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Murariu, D. (2010) Systematic list of the Romanian vertebrate fauna. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” LIII: 377–411 - 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

Murariu, D. (2010) Systematic list of the Romanian vertebrate fauna. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” LIII: 377–411 - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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)

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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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