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Pelecanus conspicillatus (Australian pelican)

Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Pelecanidae

Taxonomy
Pelecanus conspicillatus was named by Temminck (1824). It is extant.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Pelecanus conspicillatus Temminck
1905Pelecanus grandiceps De Vis p. 16
1933Pelecanus grandiceps Lambrecht p. 279
1966Pelecanus grandiceps Miller p. 187
1967Pelecanus conspicillatus Brodkorb p. 109
1981Pelecanus conspicillatus Rich and Van Tets p. 239
1998Pelecanus conspicillatus Worthy p. 102
2017Pelecanus conspicillatus Clements et al.
2020Pelecanus conspicillatus Worthy and Nguyen p. 90

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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
speciesconspicillatusTemminck 1824

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 conspicillatus Temminck 1824 [Australian pelican]
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Invalid names: Pelecanus grandiceps De Vis 1905 [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: 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 Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Pelecanus conspicillatus (135977) Pelecanus grandiceps (176412) Pelecanus grandiceps, Pelecanus conspicillatus (13319)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Pelecanus conspicillatus (100554 194619)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) Pelecanus conspicillatus (176422 176424 176425 176426 176427 176430)