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Corvus pumilis

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Corvidae

Taxonomy
Corvus pumilis was named by Wetmore (1920). Its type specimen is AMNH 4925, a limb element (right ulna), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. neomexicanus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Corvus pumilis Wetmore p. 81 figs. Pl 2, figs 3,4
1922Corvus pumilis Wetmore p. 327 fig. 23
1933Corvus pumilis Lambrecht p. 638
1937Corvus pumilis Wetmore p. 14 figs. Pl, figs 10-12
1956Corvus pumilis Wetmore p. 93

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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()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyCorvidaeVigors 1825
genusCorvus
speciespumilis

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 pumilis Wetmore 1920
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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: Kiessling 2004, Lein 1972, Marsh 1875

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Puerto Rico Corvus pumilis (241335)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Virgin Islands, U.S. Corvus pumilis (132605)