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Carduelis

Osteichthyes - Passeriformes - Fringillidae

Taxonomy
Carduelis was named by Brisson (1760). It is extant.

It was assigned to Fringillidae by Parmalee and Klippel (1982), Worthy (1997), Mlikovsky (2002), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1760Carduelis Brisson
1982Carduelis Parmalee and Klippel p. 366
1997Carduelis Worthy p. 110
2002Carduelis Mlikovsky p. 248
2017Carduelis 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
genusCarduelisBrisson 1760

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. Carduelis Brisson 1760
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Carduelis cannabina Linnaeus 1758
Carduelis carduelis Linnaeus 1758 [European goldfinch]
Carduelis spinus Linnaeus 1758
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: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Lein 1972

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 (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Murcia) C. carduelis (34128)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) C. sp. (175900)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) C. sp. (93277)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand C. carduelis (100554)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain C. sp. (194937)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) C. carduelis (215380 215386 215388 215403 215415 215579 215581 215583)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) C. carduelis (215378) C. carduelis, C. cannabina (215376)