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Antigone canadensis (Sandhill crane)

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Gruidae

Taxonomy
Ardea canadensis was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Megalornis canadensis by Wetmore (1928); it was recombined as Grus canadensis by Hay (1930), Wetmore and Martin (1930), Wetmore (1931), Schultz and Howard (1935), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Fisher (1952), Wetmore (1956), Parmalee (1958), Emslie (1992), Campbell (1995), Broughton (2004); it was recombined as Antigone canadensis by del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).

Subspecies
A. pratensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Ardea canadensis Linnaeus
1928Megalornis canadensis Wetmore p. 3
1930Grus canadensis Hay p. 332
1930Grus canadensis Wetmore and Martin p. 63
1931Grus canadensis Wetmore p. 36
1935Grus canadensis Schultz and Howard p. 277
1940Grus canadensis Wetmore p. 50
1942Grus canadensis Miller and DeMay p. 109
1952Grus canadensis Fisher p. 205
1956Grus canadensis Wetmore p. 60
1958Grus canadensis Parmalee p. 172
1992Grus canadensis Emslie p. 263
1995Grus canadensis Campbell Jr. p. 2
2004Grus canadensis Broughton p. 25
2014Antigone canadensis del Hoyo et al.
2017Antigone canadensis Clements et al.

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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)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Telmatorae
superorderCharadriimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderGruiformesBonaparte 1854
familyGruidaeVigors 1825
genusAntigoneReichenbach 1853
speciescanadensis()

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.

Antigone canadensis Linnaeus 1758 [Sandhill crane]
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Antigone canadensis pratensis Meyer 1794 [sandhill crane]
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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: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Clarendonian to the top of the Holocene or 12.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 9.4 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Megalornis pratensis (18222)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Florida) Grus canadensis (19753)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Grus canadensis (152006 152007 152008 152009 161528 161531 161536 192630 192631 192632 192633)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Grus canadensis (93281)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Grus canadensis (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Grus canadensis (20581 20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Grus canadensis (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Grus canadensis (74292)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Grus canadensis (44954 190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) Grus canadensis (93326)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Illinois) Grus canadensis (195052 195053)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Antigone canadensis (228927)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Grus canadensis (194905 194906 194907 194908 194909 194912 194914 194925 194926 194927 194928)