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Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (red-billed chough)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Corvidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Upupa pyrrhocorax Linnaeus
1927Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Boule and De Villeneuve p. 84
1960Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Rudenko
1988Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Weesie p. 45 figs. Pl 8, figs 9-14
1993Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Jaume et al. p. 157
1997Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Seguí et al. p. 243
1998Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Burchak-Abramovich and Burchak p. 58
2002Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Mlikovsky p. 239
2003Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Pavia and Bedetti p. 166 figs. Pl 1, fig 9
2007Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Bedetti and Pavia p. 500 figs. Pl 2, fig F
2017Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Clements et al.
2018Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Carrera et al. p. 159

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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)
RankNameAuthor
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyCorvidaeVigors 1825
genusPyrrhocoraxTunstall 1771
speciespyrrhocorax()

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.

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Linnaeus 1758 [red-billed chough]
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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: Marsh 1875, Lein 1972

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Italy Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (194929)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (191730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (92902 192949 192951 192955)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (93828)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (184245)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (194932 197769 197771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (194942 197938)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (79548)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Spain Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (194298)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (Wales) Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (125439)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (194379 194935 199942)