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Pipilo naufragus (Bermuda towhee)

Osteichthyes - Passeriformes - Passerellidae

Taxonomy
Pipilo naufragus was named by Olson and Wingate (2012). Its type specimen is USNM 265066, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Finch Cave, Government Quarry, which is in a Pleistocene fissure fill siliciclastic in Bermuda.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Pipilo naufragus Olson and Wingate p. 86 figs. 1-

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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
familyPasserellidaeCabanis 1851
genusPipiloVieillot 1816
speciesnaufragus

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.

†Pipilo naufragus Olson and Wingate 2012 [Bermuda towhee]
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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: 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: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda Pipilo naufragus (94308 type locality: 194454 194461 194465)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda Pipilo naufragus (154780 154781 194464)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda Pipilo naufragus (94310 194448 194449 194451 194455 194456 194457 194458 194459 194460)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bermuda Pipilo naufragus (194444)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bermuda Pipilo naufragus (94307 194445 194446 194462 194463)