RHINOCRYPTIDAE WETMORE, 1926

Maurício, Giovanni Nachtigall, Areta, Juan Ignacio, Bornschein, Marcos Ricardo & Reis, Roberto E., 2012, Morphology-based phylogenetic analysis and classification of the family Rhinocryptidae (Aves: Passeriformes), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 166 (2), pp. 377-432 : 412-413

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.