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Leptoptilos dubius (greater adjutant)

Reptilia - Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae

Taxonomy
Ardea dubia was named by Gmelin (1789). It is extant.

It was recombined as Leptoptilos dubius by Meijer and Awe Due (2010) and Clements et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Ardea dubia Gmelin
2010Leptoptilos dubius Meijer and Awe Due p. 710
2017Leptoptilos dubius 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
orderCiconiiformesBonaparte 1854
familyCiconiidaeSundevall 1836
genusLeptoptilos
speciesdubius(Gmelin 1789)

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.

Leptoptilos dubius Gmelin 1789 [greater adjutant]
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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: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantg
Diet: carnivoreg
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 19:11:39
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:11:39
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Witmer and Rose 1991

Age range: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Indonesia (Jawa Timur) Leptoptilos dubius (77490)