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Cyanocitta (jay)

Osteichthyes - Passeriformes - Corvidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Cyanocitta Strickland
1930Cyanocitta Hay p. 355
1940Cyanocitta Wetmore p. 71
1956Cyanocitta Wetmore p. 91
1962Cyanocitta Wetmore p. 13
1982Cyanocitta Parmalee and Klippel p. 366
1992Cyanocitta Parmalee p. 315
2017Cyanocitta Clements et al.
2025Cyanocitta Eshelman et al. p. 85

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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
familyCorvidaeVigors 1825
genusCyanocittaStrickland 1845

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. Cyanocitta Strickland 1845 [jay]
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Cyanocitta cristata Linnaeus 1758 [blue jay]
Cyanocitta stelleri Gmelin 1788 [Steller's jay]
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: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 17:35:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:35:15
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Lein 1972, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 2.58000 to 0.01400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) Cyanocitta cristata (20384)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Cyanocitta cristata (20491)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Cyanocitta stelleri (152008)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Cyanocitta cristata (82258 103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Cyanocitta sp. (76059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cyanocitta cristata (20573)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Cyanocitta cristata (82890)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cyanocitta stelleri (74235 155409 190077 218989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Cyanocitta cristata (84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Cyanocitta cristata (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Cyanocitta cristata (104035)