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Acanthizidae

Osteichthyes - Passeriformes - Acanthizidae

Taxonomy
Acanthizidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Passeriformes by Baird (1992), Clements et al. (2017); and to Passeri by Worthy and Nguyen (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Acanthizidae Baird p. 29
2017Acanthizidae Clements et al.
2020Acanthizidae Worthy and Nguyen p. 97

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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
familyAcanthizidae
familyAcanthizidae

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.

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G. Gerygone Gould 1841
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Gerygone albofrontata Gray 1845 [Chatham Island gerygone]
Gerygone igata Quoy and Gaimard 1830
G. Pycnoptilus Gould 1851
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Pycnoptilus floccosus Gould 1851 [pilotbird]
†Pycnoptilus fordi Baird 1993
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, Kiessling 2004, 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 (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Pycnoptilus floccosus, Pycnoptilus fordi (194980)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0New Zealand Gerygone igata (182104)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Gerygone igata (215380 215388 215403 215415 215583)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Gerygone albofrontata (198088)