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Threskiornis

Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Threskiornithidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Threskiornis Gray
1848Apterornis Selys-Longchamps
1987Borbonibis Mourer-Chauviré and Moutou
1994Borbonibis Cowles p. 92
2014Threskiornis del Hoyo et al.
2017Threskiornis 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
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderPelecaniformesSharpe 1891
familyThreskiornithidaeRichmond 1917
genusThreskiornisGray 1842

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. Threskiornis Gray 1842
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Threskiornis aethiopicus Latham 1790 [sacred ibis]
Threskiornis bernieri Bonaparte 1855 [Madagascar sacred ibis]
Threskiornis melanocephalus Latham 1790 [Black-headed ibis]
Threskiornis molucca Cuvier 1829 [Australian ibis]
†Threskiornis solitarius Selys-Longchamps 1848 [Réunion ibis]
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Invalid names: Borbonibis latipes Mourer-Chauviré and Moutou 1987 [synonym]
Threskiornis spinicollis Jameson 1835 [Straw-necked ibis]
Invalid names: Apterornis Selys-Longchamps 1848 [synonym], Borbonibis Mourer-Chauviré and Moutou 1987 [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: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 17:09:47
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:09:47
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Terborgh et al. 1990, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Queensland) T. molucca (182159)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) T. molucca (181314)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu (Efate) T. molucca (185434)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar T. aethiopicus (195019) T. bernieri (236022)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Reunion Borbonibis latipes (193992) T. solitarius (193994 193996)