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Aphelocoma (scrub jay)

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Corvidae

Taxonomy
Aphelocoma was named by Cabanis (1851). It is extant.

It was assigned to Garrulinae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956); and to Corvidae by Emslie (1998), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Aphelocoma Cabanis
1940Aphelocoma Wetmore p. 71
1956Aphelocoma Wetmore p. 91
1998Aphelocoma Emslie p. 77
2017Aphelocoma Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—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
familyCorvidaeVigors 1825
genusAphelocomaCabanis 1851

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. Aphelocoma Cabanis 1851 [scrub jay]
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Subg. Aphelocoma (Aphelocoma) Cabanis 1851
Aphelocoma californica Vigors 1839 [California scrub-jay]
Aphelocoma coerulescens Bosc 1795 [Florida scrub jay]
Aphelocoma insularis Henshaw 1886 [island scrub-jay]
Aphelocoma ultramarina Bonaparte 1825 [Ultramarine jay]
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: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 17:35:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:35:15
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Lein 1972, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 2.58000 to 0.01400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) Aphelocoma coerulescens (20384)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Aphelocoma coerulescens (152008) Aphelocoma sp. (150336)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Aphelocoma coerulescens (76059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Aphelocoma coerulescens (20571 20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Aphelocoma californica (44954 176267 190077 218989 236636) Aphelocoma insularis (123918 215548)