Morphology-based phylogenetic analysis and classification of the family Rhinocryptidae (Aves: Passeriformes)
Author
MaurĂcio, Giovanni Nachtigall
Author
Areta, Juan Ignacio
Author
Bornschein, Marcos Ricardo
Author
Reis, Roberto E.
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2012
2012-09-28
166
2
377
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00847.x
journal article
10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00847.x
0024-4082
5408609
FAMILY
RHINOCRYPTIDAE
WETMORE, 1926
Type
genus:
Rhinocrypta
G. R.
Gray, 1841
Included subfamilies:
Lioscelinae
, new taxon, and
Rhinocryptinae
Diagnosis
.
Exclusive changes:
Char. 19.1, Non-pneumatized ectethmoid.
Char. 26.1, Lacrimal partially fused to the ectethmoid, with a suture discernible between the bones.
Char. 38.1, Foramen in the medial process of the mandible absent.
Non-exclusive changes:
Char. 31.1, Region of the parietal and frontal bones largely non-pneumatized, with reversal (31.0) in the clade
Rhinocrypta
+
Teledromas
; convergent with the outgroup clade
Phacellodomus
+
Cranioleuca
.
Char. 42.2, Caudal margin of the sternum with two pairs of notches; convergent in the outgroup genus
Melanopareia
.
Char. 43.0, Foramen in the medial face of the brachial tuberosity of the coracoid absent; convergent in the outgroup genera
Conopophaga
,
Melanopareia
,
Grallaria
,
Myrmotherula
and in the clade
Phacellodomus
+
Cranioleuca
.
Char. 48.1, Ulna as long as or shorter than humerus; convergent in the outgroup genus
Melanopareia
and the clade
Phacellodomus
+
Cranioleuca
.
Char. 50.2, Distance between the posterior projections of the ilium nearly equal to the width of the caudalmost sacral vertebrae, with reversal (50.1) in
Scelorchilus
; convergent in the outgroup genus
Dendrocolaptes
.
Bremer support for this clade: 6.