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Cariama cristata (red-legged seriema)

Osteichthyes - Cariamiformes - Cariamidae

Taxonomy
Palamedea cristata was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant. It is the type species of Cariama, Palamedea.

It was recombined as Cariama cristata by Gould and Quitmyer (2005), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Palamedea cristata Linnaeus p. 232
2005Cariama cristata Gould and Quitmyer p. 205 figs. Table 2
2017Cariama cristata Clements et al.

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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)
RankNameAuthor
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
orderCariamiformesFürbringer 1888
familyCariamidaeBonaparte 1853
genusCariamaBrisson 1760
speciescristata()

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.

Cariama cristata Linnaeus 1766 [red-legged seriema]
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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: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-11 17:04:41
Modified: 2005-09-11 19:04:41
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Holtz et al. 2000
Collections
No collection or age range data are available