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Picoides

Reptilia - Theropoda - Picidae

Taxonomy
Picoides was named by Lacépède (1799). It is extant.

It was assigned to Picidae by Parmalee and Klippel (1982), Parmalee (1992), Mlikovsky (2002) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Picoides Lacépède
1982Picoides Parmalee and Klippel p. 366
1992Picoides Parmalee p. 314
2002Picoides Mlikovsky p. 149
2017Picoides 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
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
—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
genusPicoidesLacépède 1799

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. Picoides Lacépède 1799
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Picoides borealis Vieillot 1809 [red-cockaded woodpecker]
†Picoides major Linnaeus 1758
†Picoides medius Linnaeus 1758
Picoides pubescens Linnaeus 1766 [downy woodpecker]
Picoides villosus Linnaeus 1766 [hairy woodpecker]
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, Naka 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.806 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) P. villosus (20384)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) P. villosus (20385)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) P. villosus (152653)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) P. villosus (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) P. villosus (84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Dendrocopos borealis (20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Dendrocopos pubescens (82258) Dendrocopos villosus (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) P. villosus (82890)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Dendrocopos villosus (104035)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) P. villosus (194588)