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Corvus monedula (Eurasian jackdaw)

Osteichthyes - Passeriformes - Corvidae

Taxonomy
Corvus monedula was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Corvus monedula Linnaeus p. 106
1988Corvus monedula Weesie p. 45 figs. Pl 8, figs 19-24
1998Corvus monedula Burchak-Abramovich and Burchak p. 59
2002Corvus monedula Mlikovsky p. 236
2017Corvus monedula Clements et al.
2018Corvus monedula Carrera et al. p. 161

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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
genusCorvus
speciesmonedula

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.

Corvus monedula Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian jackdaw]
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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: Lein 1972, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117France (Midi-Pyrenees) Corvus monedula (35076)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Corvus monedula (125445)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) Corvus monedula (197461)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Corvus monedula (197938 199943)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Corvus monedula (92902 182810 192948 192949 192950 192951 192953 192954 192955 192957 192958 192959 192962 192963 192965 192966)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Wales) Corvus monedula (125452)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Corvus monedula (194807)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) Corvus monedula (184245)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Corvus monedula (197769 197774)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Corse) Corvus monedula (215363)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Corvus monedula (124956 125437)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Romania Corvus monedula (197946 197948)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Corvus monedula (125321)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Corvus monedula (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Romania Corvus monedula (197949)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Corvus monedula (215376 215378)