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Megalurus

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Locustellidae

Taxonomy
Megalurus was named by Horsfield (1821). It is extant.

It was assigned to Locustellidae by Meijer et al. (2017), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Megalurus Horsfield
1838Cincloramphus Gould
1896Bowdleria Rothschild
1974Cinclorhamphus van Tets p. 229
1997Bowdleria Worthy p. 108
2017Megalurus Clements et al.
2017Megalurus Meijer et al. p. 15

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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
familyLocustellidaeBonaparte 1854
genusMegalurusHorsfield 1821

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. Megalurus Horsfield 1821
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Megalurus cruralis Vigors and Horsfield 1827 [brown songlark]
Megalurus mathewsi Iredale 1911 [rufous songlark]
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Invalid names: Anthus rufescens Vigors and Horsfield 1827 [replaced]
Megalurus punctatus Quoy and Gaimard 1830 [fernbird]
†Megalurus rufescens Buller 1869 [Chatham Islands fernbird]
Invalid names: Bowdleria Rothschild 1896 [synonym], Cincloramphus Gould 1838 [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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Cincloramphus cruralis (181314)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) M. sp. (193430 193431)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Bowdleria punctata (215380 215387 215392 215415 215417 215418)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Bowdleria punctata (100554) Bowdleria rufescens (194614 194616 198088)