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Nyctanassa violacea (yellow-crowned night heron)

Osteichthyes - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Ardea violacea Linnaeus p. 143
1917Larus vero Shufeldt
1918Nyctanassa violacea Wetmore p. 515
1930Larus vero Hay p. 341
1931Nyctanassa violacea Wetmore
1937Nyctanassa violacea Wetmore p. 7
1940Nyctanassa violacea Wetmore p. 16
1956Nyctanassa violacea Wetmore p. 20
1974Nyctanassa violacea Brodkorb p. 239
1982Nyctanassa violacea Olson and Hilgartner p. 26
1986Nyctanassa violacea Steadman p. 46
1992Nycticorax violaceus Emslie
1994Nycticorax violaceus Morgan p. 479
2003Nyctanassa violacea Steadman et al.
2016Nyctanassa violacea Kilmer and Steadman p. 22 fig. 16D
2017Nyctanassa violacea Clements et al.
2018Nyctanassa violacea Oswald and Steadman p. 366

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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)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderPelecaniformesSharpe 1891
familyArdeidaeLeach 1820
genusNyctanassaStejneger 1887
speciesviolacea()

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.

Nyctanassa violacea Linnaeus 1758 [yellow-crowned night heron]
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Invalid names: Larus vero Shufeldt 1917 [synonym]
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: piscivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:51:50
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:51:50
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Thiollay 1994

Age range: base of the Blancan to the top of the Holocene or 4.70000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Florida) Nyctanassa violacea (19753)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Nyctanassa violacea (195048 195049)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Nyctanassa violacea (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Larus vero (34269) Nyctanassa violacea (74292)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) Nyctanassa violacea (144663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Cayman Islands Nycticorax violaceus (209852)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) Nyctanassa violacea (144649)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) Nyctanassa violacea (144662)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Ecuador (Galapagos) Nyctanassa violacea (190844 190846)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) Nyctanassa violacea (195047)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Virgin Islands, U.S. Nyctanassa violacea (28879 38847 132605 241342 241343)