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Fringilla (finch)

Osteichthyes - Passeriformes - Fringillidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Fringilla Linnaeus p. 179
1933Fringilla Lambrecht p. 644
1997Fringilla Worthy p. 110
2002Fringilla Mlikovsky p. 248
2017Fringilla Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyFringillidaeVigors 1825
genusFringilla

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. Fringilla Linnaeus 1758 [finch]
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Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus 1758 [common chaffinch]
Fringilla montifringilla Linnaeus 1758 [brambling]
†Fringilla radoboyensis Tschudi 1865
†Fringilla trochanterica Giebel 1847
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: granivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 18:57:32
Modified: 2009-01-03 20:57:32
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Lein 1972, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Castilla-Leon) Fringilla coelebs (34870)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Fringilla sp. (197789)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) Fringilla sp. (175900)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Fringilla sp. (92902 192949 192951 192955 192957)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Fringilla montifringilla (194811)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Romania Fringilla montifringilla (197948)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Corse) Fringilla coelebs (215363)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Fringilla sp. (197787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Fringilla sp. (194941 194944)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Fringilla coelebs (215581 215583)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Fringilla sp. (194937)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Fringilla coelebs (215376 215378)