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Oenanthe (wheatear)

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Muscicapidae

Taxonomy
Oenanthe was named by Vieillot (1816). It is extant.

It was assigned to Turdidae by Mlikovsky (2002); and to Muscicapidae by Clements et al. (2017).

Species
O. hispanica, O. oenanthe
Species lacking formal opinion data
O. lachenalii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Oenanthe Vieillot
2002Oenanthe Mlikovsky p. 241
2017Oenanthe 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()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyMuscicapidaeFleming 1822
genusOenantheVieillot 1816

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. Oenanthe Vieillot 1816 [wheatear]
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Oenanthe hispanica Linnaeus 1758 [black-eared wheatear]
Oenanthe oenanthe Linnaeus 1758 [northern wheatear]
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 16:42:28
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:42:28
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004, Kiessling 2004

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 (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Oenanthe oenanthe (125089)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Murcia) Oenanthe hispanica (34128)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) Oenanthe hispanica (175900)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Oenanthe hispanica (92902 192951)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Wales) Oenanthe oenanthe (124954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Oenanthe oenanthe (199941)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Oenanthe oenanthe (125321)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Yemen Oenanthe sp. (169046 234349)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Oenanthe oenanthe (194936)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Oenanthe hispanica (215376) Oenanthe oenanthe (215378)