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Phalacrocorax capillatus (Japanese cormorant)

Osteichthyes - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae

Taxonomy

Carbo capillatus was named by Temminck and Schlegel (1849). It is extant.

It was recombined as Phalacrocorax capillatus by del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017), Matsuoka and Hasegawa (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. gaimardi, P. imbericum, P. latus, P. wvetmorei, P. owrei, P. tanzaniae

Synonyms

Carbo filamentosus was named by Temminck and Schlegel (1849). It is extant.

It was recombined as Phalacrocorax filamentosus by Hasegawa et al. (1988); it was synonymized subjectively with Phalacrocorax capillatus by Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1849	Carbo capillatus Temminck and Schlegel
1849	Carbo filamentosus Temminck and Schlegel
1850	Carbo filamentosus Temminck and Schlegel
1988	Phalacrocorax filamentosus Hasegawa et al.
2014	Phalacrocorax capillatus del Hoyo et al.
2017	Phalacrocorax capillatus Clements et al.
2018	Phalacrocorax capillatus Matsuoka and Hasegawa p. 3 figs. Pl 1-3, 1-4

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986

Rank	Name	Author
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Saurischia	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
—	Aequornithes
—	Feraequornithes
superorder	Pelecanimorphae	Huxley 1867
order	Suliformes	Sharpe 1891
family	Phalacrocoracidae	Reichenbach 1850
genus	Phalacrocorax	Brisson 1760
species	capillatus	(Temminck and Schlegel 1849)

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.

Phalacrocorax capillatus Temminck and Schlegel 1849 [Japanese cormorant]

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Invalid names: Carbo filamentosus Temminck and Schlegel 1849 [synonym]

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:

terrestrialo

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

ground dwellingo

Diet:

carnivoresubo

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2009-01-03 20:39:15

Modified:

2009-01-03 22:39:15

Source: subo = suborder, o = order

References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Japan	Phalacrocorax filamentosus (193440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Japan (Okinawa)	Phalacrocorax capillatus (192971)