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Corvus corone (carrion crow)

Osteichthyes - Passeriformes - Corvidae

Taxonomy
Corvus corone was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Corvus corone Linnaeus
1927Corvus corone Boule and De Villeneuve p. 84
2002Corvus corone Mlikovsky p. 235
2007Corvus corone Bedetti and Pavia p. 500
2008Corvus corone Zelenkov et al.
2017Corvus corone Clements et al.
2018Corvus corone Carrera et al. p. 161

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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
RankNameAuthor
—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
familyCorvidaeVigors 1825
genusCorvus
speciescorone

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.

Corvus corone Linnaeus 1758 [carrion crow]
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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: 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: Kiessling 2004, Lein 1972, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom Corvus corone (125438)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Corvus corone (125445 125453)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Corvus corone (191730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Corvus corone (51552)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Corvus corone (93837)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Corvus corone (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Corvus corone (194932 194933 197769)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Corvus corone (197938)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Romania Corvus corone (197948)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) Corvus corone (184245)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Russian Federation Corvus corone (194812)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom Corvus corone (125443)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (Wales) Corvus corone (125439)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Åland Islands Corvus corone (177177)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Corvus corone (215365 215378)