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Dasyornis (bristlebird)

Osteichthyes - Passeriformes - Dasyornithidae

Taxonomy
Dasyornis was named by Vigors and Horsfieldd (1827). It is extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Dasyornis Vigors and Horsfieldd
1992Dasyornis Baird p. 29
2017Dasyornis Clements et al.
2020Dasyornis 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
familyDasyornithidae(Sibley and Ahlquiest 1985)
genusDasyornisVigors and Horsfieldd 1827

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. Dasyornis Vigors and Horsfieldd 1827 [bristlebird]
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Dasyornis brachypterus Latham 1801 [eastern bristlebird]
Dasyornis broadbenti McCoy 1867 [rufous bristlebird]
Dasyornis longirostris Gould 1841 [western bristlebird]
†Dasyornis walterbolesi Nguyen 2019
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: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, 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 (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Dasyornis broadbenti (136157)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Dasyornis longirostris (194981)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Victoria) Dasyornis brachypterus, Dasyornis broadbenti (138410)