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Melanerpes

Osteichthyes - Piciformes - Picidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Melanerpes Swainson
1837Centurus Swainson
1866Asyndesmus Coues
1940Asyndesmus Wetmore p. 70
1956Asyndesmus Wetmore p. 90
1959Bathoceleus Brodkorb
1962Centurus Wetmore p. 11
1962Melanerpes Wetmore p. 11
1982Melanerpes Parmalee and Klippel p. 366
1992Melanerpes Parmalee p. 314
2017Melanerpes 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)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
—Picoclamatores
superorderPasserimorphaeSibley et al. 1988
orderPiciformesMeyer and Wolf 1810
familyPicidaeVigors 1825
genusMelanerpesSwainson 1832

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. Melanerpes Swainson 1832
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Melanerpes carolinus Linnaeus 1758 [red-bellied woodpecker]
Melanerpes erythrocephalus Linnaeus 1758 [red-headed woodpecker]
Melanerpes formicivorus Swainson 1827 [acorn woodpecker]
Melanerpes lewis Gray 1849 [Lewis's woodpecker]
Melanerpes portoricensis Daudin 1803 [Puerto Rican woodpecker]
Melanerpes striatus Statius Muller 1776 [Hispaniolan woodpecker]
Melanerpes superciliaris Temminck 1827 [West Indian woodpecker]
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Invalid names: Bathoceleus hyphalus Brodkorb 1959 [synonym]
Invalid names: Asyndesmus Coues 1866 [synonym], Bathoceleus Brodkorb 1959 [synonym], Centurus Swainson 1837 [synonym]
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 16:38:55
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:38:55
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Naka 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) M. sp. (20384)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) M. erythrocephalus (20385) M. sp. (20350)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Asyndesmus lewisi (150336 152008)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) M. erythrocephalus (20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) M. sp. (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Asyndesmus lewis (190077) M. formicivorus (215552)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) M. carolinus (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) M. carolinus (20573 20580) M. erythrocephalus (20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) M. carolinus (82890)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Centurus superciliaris (194589)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Centurus carolinus (103991) Centurus carolinus, M. erythrocephalus (82258)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) M. sp. (84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Puerto Rico M. portoricensis (192222 231345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) Bathoceleus hyphalus, M. superciliaris (194588) M. superciliaris (144649 194590)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Dominican Republic M. striatus (194485)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic M. striatus (194484)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Haiti M. striatus (194483)