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Todidae

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Description

The todies are a family, Todidae, of tiny Caribbean birds in the order Coraciiformes, which also includes the kingfishers, bee-eaters and rollers. The family has one living genus, Todus, and one genus known from the fossil record, Palaeotodus.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9354https://www.gbif.org/species/9354
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)39388https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=39388
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Coraciiformes : Todidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
[Hierarchy too deep]
-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
-PygostyliaChiappe 2002
-OrnithothoracesChiappe and Calvo 1994
-OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithuraeHaeckel 1866
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
-Neognathae
-NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
-TerrestrornithesLivezey and Zusi 2007
-Dendrornithes
-AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
-PicoclamatoresLivezey and Zusi 2007
superorderPasserimorphaeSibley et al. 1988
orderCoraciiformesForbes 1884
familyTodidaeVigors 1825
Scientific NameTodidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Todidaefamilybelongs to HalcyonesimpliedCarroll, 1988
Todidaefamilybelongs to Alcediniformesstated without evidenceMayr and Knopf, 2007
Todidaefamilybelongs to Alcedinoideastated with evidenceLivezey and Zusi, 2007
Todidaefamilybelongs to Alcediniformesstated without evidenceMayr and Micklich, 2010
Todidaefamilybelongs to Coraciiformesstated without evidencedel Hoyo et al., 2014
Todidaefamilybelongs to Coraciiformesstated with evidenceClements et al., 2017
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)6
Extant Size (PBDB)4 (67%)
First Recorded Appearance33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Theropoda)
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)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution
Common Name(s) Todies
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Palaeotodus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		233.9 Ma
Oligocene		33.9 Ma
Oligocene
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Todus
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		30.13 Ma
Pleistocene		0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1825Todidae Vigors
1988Todidae Carroll
2007Todidae Livezey and Zusi p. 94
2007Todidae Mayr and Knopf p. 1295
2010Todidae Mayr and Micklich p. 389
2014Todidae del Hoyo et al.
2017Todidae 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
Mayr G., Knopf C. W. (2007) A tody (Alcediniformes: Todidae) from the early Oligocene of Germany, Auk 124 4, 1294-1304
Mayr G., Micklich N. (2010) New specimens of the avian taxa Eurotrochilus (Trochilidae) and Palaeotodus (Todidae) from the early Oligocene of Germany, Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 84 10.1007/s1, 387-395
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
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
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)
Dickinson, Edward C., ed., 2003: null. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition. 1039. - 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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