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Colaptes auratus cafer

Reptilia - Piciformes - Picidae

Taxonomy
Picus cafer was named by Gmelin (1788). It is extant.

It was recombined as Colaptes cafer by Miller (1911), Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1956); it was recombined as Colaptes auratus cafer by Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1788Picus cafer Gmelin
1911Colaptes cafer Miller
1930Colaptes cafer Hay p. 353
1940Colaptes cafer Wetmore p. 69
1942Colaptes cafer Miller and DeMay p. 120
1956Colaptes cafer Wetmore p. 89
2017Colaptes auratus cafer 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
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
RankNameAuthor
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
—Picoclamatores
superorderPasserimorphaeSibley et al. 1988
orderPiciformesMeyer and Wolf 1810
familyPicidaeVigors 1825
genusColaptesVigors 1825
speciesauratus()
subspeciescafer(Gmelin 1788)

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.

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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: insectivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:38:55
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:38:55
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 0.12900 to 0.01400 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Colaptes cafer (152008 161536)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Colaptes cafer (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Colaptes cafer (44954 74235 79630 155409 190077 218989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Colaptes cafer (155393)