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Cyanoramphus

Reptilia - Psittaciformes - Psittaculidae

Taxonomy
Cyanoramphus was named by Bonaparte (1854). It is extant.

It was assigned to Psittacidae by Worthy (1997), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003); and to Psittaculidae by Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Cyanoramphus Bonaparte
1997Cyanoramphus Worthy p. 106
2003Cyanoramphus Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 451
2017Cyanoramphus 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()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
—CoccygesHuxley 1867
superorderPsittacimorphae
orderPsittaciformesWagler 1830
familyPsittaculidaeVigors 1825
genusCyanoramphusBonaparte 1854

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. Cyanoramphus Bonaparte 1854
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Cyanoramphus auriceps Kuhl 1820 [yellow-crowned parakeet]
Cyanoramphus forbesi Rothschild 1893 [Chatham Islands parakeet]
Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae Sparrman 1787 [red-fronted parakeet]
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†Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae erythrotis Wagler 1832 [Macquarie Island parakeet]
Cyanoramphus saisseti Verreaux and des Murs 1860 [New Caledonian parakeet]
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: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (North Otago) C. sp. (87789)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (South Island) Cyanoramphus indet. (87814) C. sp. (87810)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0New Zealand C. sp. (182103 182104)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Norfolk Island C. novaezelandiae (194563 194564 194566 194567)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia C. saisseti (193986 193987)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand C. novaezelandiae, C. auriceps (194614 198088) C. spp. (100554 194618 194619 195151)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Macquarie Island) C. novaezelandiae (194607)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) C. sp. (215380 215387 215388 215389 215391 215395 215403 215415 215416 215417 215418 215419 215420 215421 215422 215579 215580 215582 215583 215611 215613 215617)