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Egretta thula (snowy egret)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Ardeidae

Taxonomy
Ardea thula was named by Molina (1782). It is extant.

It was recombined as Leucophoyx thula by Wetmore (1956) and Ligon (1966); it was recombined as Egretta thula by Wetmore (1931), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1782Ardea thula Molina
1931Egretta thula Wetmore p. 15
1940Egretta thula Wetmore p. 15
1942Egretta thula Miller and DeMay p. 79
1956Leucophoyx thula Wetmore p. 19
1966Leucophoyx thula Ligon
2014Egretta thula del Hoyo et al.
2017Egretta thula 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()
orderTheropoda
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderPelecaniformesSharpe 1891
familyArdeidaeLeach 1820
genusEgrettaForster 1817
speciesthula(Molina 1782)

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.

Egretta thula Molina 1782 [snowy egret]
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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: piscivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:51:50
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:51:50
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Thiollay 1994, Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Egretta thula (190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Egretta thula (20581) Leucophoyx thula (20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Egretta thula (71346)