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Chloris

Osteichthyes - Passeriformes - Fringillidae

Taxonomy
Chloris was named by Cuvier (1800). It is extant.

It was assigned to Fringillidae by Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1800Chloris Cuvier
2017Chloris 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)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—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
familyFringillidaeVigors 1825
genusChlorisCuvier 1800

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.

G. Chloris Cuvier 1800
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†Chloris aurelioi Rando et al. 2010 [slender-billed greenfinch]
Chloris chloris Linnaeus 1758 [European greenfinch]
†Chloris triasi Alcover and Florit 1987 [Trias's greenfinch]
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: granivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 18:57:32
Modified: 2009-01-03 20:57:32
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Lein 1972

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Spain (Burgos) Carduelis chloris (241995)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Murcia) Carduelis chloris (34128)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Italy (Sardinia) Carduelis chloris (51482)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) Carduelis chloris (175900)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Carduelis chloris (51553)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Carduelis chloris (92902 192949 192957)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy C. chloris (197769)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Carduelis chloris (194940 194941) Carduelis triasi (194297)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Romania Carduelis chloris (197948)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Spain Carduelis aurelioi (194298)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Carduelis chloris (194379)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Carduelis chloris (215380 215388)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Carduelis chloris (215376 215378)