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Anhinga melanogaster (oriental darter)

Reptilia - Suliformes - Anhingidae

Taxonomy
Anhinga melanogaster was named by Pennant (1769). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. fraileyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1769Anhinga melanogaster Pennant
1990Anhinga melanogaster McNamara p. 291 fig. 5D,E
2008Anhinga melanogaster Louchart et al. p. 153
2013Anhinga melanogaster Goodman et al.
2014Anhinga melanogaster del Hoyo et al.
2017Anhinga melanogaster 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
orderSuliformesSharpe 1891
familyAnhingidaeRidgway 1887
genusAnhingaBrisson 1760
speciesmelanogasterPennant 1769

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.

Anhinga melanogaster Pennant 1769 [oriental darter]
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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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ethiopia Anhinga melanogaster (192301 192303)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chad Anhinga melanogaster (192292)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Chad Anhinga melanogaster (22505) Aves indet. (22506)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Anhinga melanogaster (194846)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Anhinga melanogaster (22066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Madagascar Anhinga melanogaster (195018)