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Quiscalus mexicanus (great-tailed grackle)
Taxonomy
Corvus mexicanus was named by Gmelin (1788). It is extant.
It was recombined as Cassidix mexicanus by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956); it was recombined as Quiscalus mexicanus by Emslie (1998), Steadman et al. (2003), Powell et al. (2008), Oswald and Steadman (2011), Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Cassidix mexicanus by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956); it was recombined as Quiscalus mexicanus by Emslie (1998), Steadman et al. (2003), Powell et al. (2008), Oswald and Steadman (2011), Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1940 | Cassidix mexicanus Wetmore p. 76 |
| 1956 | Cassidix mexicanus Wetmore p. 96 |
| 1998 | Quiscalus mexicanus Emslie |
| 2003 | Quiscalus mexicanus Steadman et al. |
| 2008 | Quiscalus mexicanus Powell et al. |
| 2011 | Quiscalus mexicanus Oswald and Steadman p. 58 |
| 2017 | Quiscalus mexicanus Clements et al. |
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Quiscalus mexicanus Gmelin 1788 [great-tailed grackle]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subf = subfamily, o = order | |||||
| References: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Rancholabrean to the top of the Holocene or 0.21000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Quiscalus mexicanus (20398) | |
| Rancholabrean | Mexico (Sonora) | Quiscalus mexicanus (20495) | |
| Holocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | Quiscalus mexicanus (195047) |