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Hypsipetes

Osteichthyes - Passeriformes - Pycnonotidae

Taxonomy
Hypsipetes was named by Vigors (1831). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pycnonotidae by Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Hypsipetes Vigors
2017Hypsipetes Clements et al.

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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)
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
familyPycnonotidaeGray 1840
genusHypsipetesVigors 1831

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. Hypsipetes Vigors 1831
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Hypsipetes amaurotis Temminck 1830 [brown-eared bulbul]
†Hypsipetes cowlesi Hume 2015
Hypsipetes madagascariensis Statius Muller 1776 [Madagascar bulbul]
Hypsipetes olivaceus Jardine and Selby 1837 [Mauritius bulbul]
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 (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Okinawa) H. amaurotis (192971)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan H. amaurotis (193440 193441)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius H. cowlesi (194031 194032 194171 194172 194173) H. olivaceus (194027 194028 194029 194034 194169)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar H. madagascariensis (195020)