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Turdus philomelos (song thrush)

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Turdidae

Taxonomy
Turdus philomelos was named by Brehm (1831). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Turdus philomelos Brehm
1997Turdus philomelos Worthy p. 108
1998Turdus philomelos Worthy p. 138
2002Turdus philomelos Mlikovsky p. 242
2017Turdus philomelos 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)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyTurdidaeRafinesque 1815
genusTurdus
speciesphilomelosBrehm 1831

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.

Turdus philomelos Brehm 1831 [song thrush]
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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: terrestrialsubf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantsubf
Diet: insectivoresubf
Diet 2: frugivoresubf
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:42:49
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:42:49
Source: subf = subfamily, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom Turdus philomelos (125438)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Turdus philomelos (125445 125463)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Castilla-Leon) Turdus philomelos (34870)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Turdus philomelos (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Turdus philomelos (125321)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Turdus philomelos (124956 124961 125437)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Corse) Turdus philomelos (215363)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) Turdus philomelos (184245)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Turdus philomelos (215376 215378)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Turdus philomelos (215380 215388 215417 215613)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Turdus philomelos (100554)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (England) Turdus philomelos (125446)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (Wales) Turdus philomelos (125439)