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Melospiza

Osteichthyes - Passeriformes - Passerellidae

Taxonomy
Melospiza was named by Baird (1858). It is extant.

It was assigned to Emberizinae by Wetmore (1956); to Fringillidae by Wetmore (1962); and to Passerellidae by Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Melospiza Baird
1956Melospiza Wetmore p. 102
1962Melospiza Wetmore p. 14
2017Melospiza 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
familyPasserellidaeCabanis 1851
genusMelospizaBaird 1858

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. Melospiza Baird 1858
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Melospiza georgiana Latham 1790 [swamp sparrow]
Melospiza lincolnii Audubon 1834 [Lincoln's sparrow]
Melospiza melodia Wilson 1810 [song sparrow]
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: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

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 (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) M. melodia (20384)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) M. melodia (176098)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) M. melodia (20350)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Colorado) M. lincolnii (152653)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) M. melodia (152007) M. melodia, M. lincolnii (161630)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) M. georgiana (20398)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.21 - 0.0USA (California) M. melodia (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) M. melodia (82258)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) M. melodia (120827 123918 125236 176267 215552 236636)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) M. melodia (177179)