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Phaethon rubricauda (red-tailed tropicbird)

Reptilia - Phaethontiformes - Phaethontidae

Taxonomy
Phaethon rubricauda was named by Boddaert (1783). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1783Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert
1992Phaethon rubricauda Steadman
2014Phaethon rubricauda del Hoyo et al.
2017Phaethon rubricauda Clements et al.
2018Phaethon rubricauda Rigal et al. p. 13
2019Phaethon rubricauda Worthy and Burley

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderPhaethontiformes(Sharpe 1891)
familyPhaethontidaeBrandt 1831
genusPhaethon
speciesrubricaudaBoddaert 1783

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.

Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert 1783 [red-tailed tropicbird]
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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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles (Aldabra) Phaethon rubricauda (192429 192430)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Pitcairn Phaethon rubricauda (193762 193763 193764 193786 193787 193788 193789 193790 193791 193792 193793)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Solomon Islands Phaethon rubricauda (209067)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands Phaethon rubricauda (194995)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia Phaethon rubricauda (194673 198009 198010 198023 231175 231176 231177 231179 231181)