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Platalea leucorodia (Eurasian spoonbill)

Osteichthyes - Pelecaniformes - Threskiornithidae

Taxonomy
Platalea leucorodia was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus p. 139
2002Platalea leucorodia Mlikovsky p. 94
2014Platalea leucorodia del Hoyo et al.
2017Platalea leucorodia Clements et al.
2018Platalea leucorodia Pavia et al. p. 33 fig. 2E

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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
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Aequornithes
Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderPelecaniformesSharpe 1891
familyThreskiornithidaeRichmond 1917
genusPlatalea
speciesleucorodia

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.

Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian spoonbill]
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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: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 17:09:47
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:09:47
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Terborgh et al. 1990

Age range: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Platalea leucorodia (22512 22545)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Egypt Platalea leucorodia (21886 21888 21892)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Platalea leucorodia (22534)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy Platalea leucorodia (197786)