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Cyanocitta (jay)
Taxonomy
Cyanocitta was named by Strickland (1845). It is extant. Its type is Corvus cristatus.
It was assigned to Garrulinae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); and to Corvidae by Wetmore (1962), Parmalee and Klippel (1982), Parmalee (1992) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Garrulinae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); and to Corvidae by Wetmore (1962), Parmalee and Klippel (1982), Parmalee (1992) and Clements et al. (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1845 | Cyanocitta Strickland |
1930 | Cyanocitta Hay p. 355 |
1940 | Cyanocitta Wetmore p. 71 |
1956 | Cyanocitta Wetmore p. 91 |
1962 | Cyanocitta Wetmore p. 13 |
1982 | Cyanocitta Parmalee and Klippel p. 366 |
1992 | Cyanocitta Parmalee p. 315 |
2017 | Cyanocitta Clements et al. |
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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.
G. Cyanocitta Strickland 1845 [jay]
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Cyanocitta cristata Linnaeus 1758 [blue jay]
Cyanocitta stelleri Gmelin 1788 [Steller's jay]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Marsh 1875, Lein 1972 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 2.58800 to 0.01200 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.806 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.806 Ma
Collections (14 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Gelasian | USA (Florida) | Cyanocitta cristata (20384) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Cyanocitta cristata (20491) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Alabama) | Cyanocitta cristata (84181) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Cyanocitta cristata (20573) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Cyanocitta stelleri (74235 155409 190077 218989) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | Cyanocitta sp. (76059) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Cyanocitta cristata (82258 103991) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Cyanocitta cristata (84190) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Tennessee) | Cyanocitta cristata (82890) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Virginia) | Cyanocitta cristata (104035) |