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Cyanocitta stelleri (Steller's jay)

Osteichthyes - Passeriformes - Corvidae

Taxonomy
Corvus stelleri was named by Gmelin (1788). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cyanocitta stelleri by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1956), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1788Corvus stelleri Gmelin
1930Cyanocitta stelleri Hay p. 355
1940Cyanocitta stelleri Wetmore p. 71
1942Cyanocitta stelleri Miller and DeMay p. 122
1956Cyanocitta stelleri Wetmore p. 91
2017Cyanocitta stelleri 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
familyCorvidaeVigors 1825
genusCyanocittaStrickland 1845
speciesstelleri(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.

Cyanocitta stelleri Gmelin 1788 [Steller's jay]
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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: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 17:35:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:35:15
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Lein 1972

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

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Cyanocitta stelleri (152008)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cyanocitta stelleri (74235 155409 190077 218989)