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Ploceidae (weaver)

Osteichthyes - Passeriformes - Ploceidae

Taxonomy
Ploceidae was named by Sundevall (1836). It is extant.

It was assigned to Passeriformes by Burney et al. (2008), Clements et al. (2017).

Subtaxa
Foudia, Ploceus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Ploceidae Sundevall
2008Ploceidae Burney et al. p. 18
2017Ploceidae 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
familyPloceidaeSundevall 1836
familyPloceidaeSundevall 1836

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.

Fm. Ploceidae Sundevall 1836 [weaver]
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G. Foudia Reichenbach 1850 [foudy]
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Foudia flavicans Newton 1865 [Rodrigues fody]
Foudia madagascariensis Linnaeus 1766 [red fody]
Foudia rubra Gmelin 1789 [Mauritius fody]
G. Ploceus Cuvier 1816
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Ploceus sakalava Hartlaub 1860 [sakalava weaver]
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 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 (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Ploceus sp. (22333)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Madagascar Ploceus sakalava (195018)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Toliara) Ploceus sakalava, Foudia madagascariensis (92733)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Foudia madagascariensis (195020) Foudia madagascariensis, Nelicurvius sakalava (236022)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Foudia flavicans (194032 194171) Foudia rubra (194029 194169)