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Pelecanus erythrorhynchos (American white pelican)

Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Pelecanidae

Taxonomy
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos was named by Gmelin (1789). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pelecanus (Cyrtopelicanus) erythrorhynchos by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmelin
1902Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Hay p. 532
1930Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Hay p. 290
1940Pelecanus (Cyrtopelicanus) erythrorhynchos Wetmore p. 10
1942Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Miller and DeMay p. 75
1946Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Howard p. 153
1955Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Howard p. 202
1956Pelecanus (Cyrtopelicanus) erythrorhynchos Wetmore p. 13
1958Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Parmalee p. 170
1969Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Howard p. 7
2004Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Broughton p. 14
2010Pelecanus erythrorhynchus Guthrie p. 2
2010Pelecanus erythrorhynchus Steadman and Mead p. 428
2017Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderPelecaniformesSharpe 1891
familyPelecanidaeVigors 1825
genusPelecanus
specieserythrorhynchosGmelin 1789

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.

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmelin 1789 [American white pelican]
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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: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:40:27
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:40:27
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.40000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Pelecanus erythrorhynchos (20400)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014Mexico (Sonora) Pelecanus erythrorhynchus (20495)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Pelecanus erythrorhynchos (93251) Pelecanus erythrorhynchus (176222)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Pelecanus erythrorhynchos (20273 192599 192605 192607 192610) Pelecanus erythrorhynchus (176267 236636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) Pelecanus erythrorhynchos (192628)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Illinois) Pelecanus erythrorhynchos (195051 195052)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Pelecanus erythrorhynchus (194928)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Pelecanus erythrorhynchos (224189)