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Collocalia

Reptilia - Caprimulgiformes - Apodidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Collocalia Gray
1933Collocalia Lambrecht p. 624
2007Collocalia Worthy et al. p. 26
2013Collocalia Meijer et al. p. 887
2017Collocalia Clements et al.
2020Collocalia Worthy and Nguyen p. 84

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderCaprimulgiformesRidgway 1881
familyApodidaeHartert 1897
genusCollocaliaGray 1840

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. Collocalia Gray 1840
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†Collocalia buday Boles 2001
Collocalia esculenta Linnaeus 1758 [glossy swiftlet]
†Collocalia incerta Milne-Edwards 1871
Collocalia troglodytes Gray 1845 [pygmy swiftlet]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:35:04
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:35:04
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Altonian to the top of the Holocene or 19.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.9 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) C. sp. (73690)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Philippines C. esculenta (194833) C. sp., C. esculenta (194835 194836) C. sp., C. troglodytes (194834)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) C. esculenta (193367 193395 193399 193400)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea C. esculenta (194696)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Papua New Guinea C. esculenta (194693 194694)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia C. esculenta (13221 193986) C. sp., C. esculenta (193987) C. spp. (193988)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) C. esculenta (193392)