IRMNG - Phaethontidae Brandt, 1831

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Phaethontidae Brandt, 1831

IRMNG_ID

118940 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:118940)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Phaethontiformes

Synonymised names

Phaethontidae Brandt, 1840 · unaccepted (duplicate creation)

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Genus Phaethon Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Phaethusavis Bourdon, 2008 †
Genus Leptophaëthon Mathews, 1913 accepted as Phaethon Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Lepturus Reichenbach, 1853 accepted as Phaethon Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Lepturus Möhring, 1758 accepted as Phaethon Linnaeus, 1758 (Published in a rejected work (ICZN))
Genus Phaëthon Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Phaethon Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Phäethon accepted as Phaethon Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Phaeton Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Phaethon Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Phaëton Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Phaethon Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Pheton Fleming, 1822 accepted as Phaethon Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Scaeophaëthon Mathews, 1913 accepted as Phaethon Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Heliadornis Olson, 1985 † (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Leptophaethon Mathews, 1913 (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Scaeophaethon Mathews, 1913 (uncertain, unassessed)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark = Phaëthontidae in SN2000

Taxonomic remark = Phaëthontidae in SN2000 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Phaethontidae Brandt, 1831. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118940 on 2024-11-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2024-02-28 23:27:06Z

changed

Girard, Jean-Sébastien

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basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]

habitat flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]

Unreviewed

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Aves (Class) > Neornithes (Subclass) > Neognathae (Superorder) > Pelecaniformes (Order) > Phaethontidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Tropicbirds. Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): M; stratigraphic range: Miocene (Middle Miocene)-Holocene (?Recent) [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Taxonomic remark = Phaëthontidae in SN2000 [details]

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