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Bucerotes

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Bucerotes was named by Fürbringer (1888). It is extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Bucerotes by Mayr (2022).

It was assigned to Coraciiformes by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Picocoraciae by Mayr (2011); and to Eucavitaves by Mayr (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Bucerotes Fürbringer
2007Bucerotes Livezey and Zusi p. 94
2011Bucerotes Mayr p. 73 figs. Figure 5
2022Bucerotes Mayr p. 209 figs. Fig. 10.8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
—EucavitavesKimball et al. 2013
—Bucerotes(Fürbringer 1888)
—Bucerotes(Fürbringer 1888)

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.

Unr. Bucerotes Fürbringer 1888
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Infraor. Upupides
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Invalid names: Upupiformes [invalid subgroup]
Invalid names: Bucerotides [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 11 to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 48.60000 to 28.40000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom Waltonirrisor tendringensis (85229)
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Messelirrisor grandis (120798 138656)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Ile-de-France Region) Laurillardia longirostris, Laurillardia parisiensis, Laurillardia munieri (31739)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Poland Laurillardia munieri (227377) Laurillardia smoleni (227376)