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Philesturnus carunculatus (South Island saddleback)

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Callaeidae

Taxonomy
Sturnus carunculatus was named by Gmelin (1789). It is extant.

It was recombined as Philesturnus carunculatus by Worthy (1997), Worthy (1998), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Sturnus carunculatus Gmelin
1997Philesturnus carunculatus Worthy p. 111
1998Philesturnus carunculatus Worthy p. 141
2003Philesturnus carunculatus Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 453
2017Philesturnus carunculatus 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)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyCallaeidaeSundevall 1836
genusPhilesturnusGeoffroy Saint-Hillaire 1832
speciescarunculatus(Gmelin 1789)

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.

Philesturnus carunculatus Gmelin 1789 [South Island saddleback]
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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: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (South Island) Philesturnus carunculatus (87810)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Philesturnus carunculatus (100554 194618 195150)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Philesturnus carunculatus (215392 215403 215415 215417 215418 215580 215617)