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Spizella passerina (chipping sparrow)

Osteichthyes - Passeriformes - Passerellidae

Taxonomy
Fringilla passerina was named by Bechstein (1798). It is extant.

It was recombined as Spizella passerina by Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1956), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Fringilla passerina Bechstein
1940Spizella passerina Wetmore p. 78
1942Spizella passerina Miller and DeMay p. 131
1956Spizella passerina Wetmore p. 101
2017Spizella passerina 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)
Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyPasserellidaeCabanis 1851
genusSpizellaBonaparte 1832
speciespasserina(Bechstein 1798)

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.

Spizella passerina Bechstein 1798 [chipping sparrow]
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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: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

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

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Spizella passerina (176098)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Spizella passerina (20571)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) Spizella passerina (144663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Spizella passerina (190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Spizella passerina (84190)