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Saurothera merlini (great lizard-cuckoo)

Reptilia - Cuculiformes - Cuculidae

Taxonomy
Saurothera merlini was named by d'Orbigny (1839). It is extant.

It was recombined as Coccyzus merlini by Morgan (1994), Clements et al. (2017) and Oswald and Steadman (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Saurothera merlini d'Orbigny
1982Saurothera merlini Olson and Hilgartner p. 36
1994Coccyzus merlini Morgan p. 482
2017Coccyzus merlini Clements et al.
2018Coccyzus merlini Oswald and Steadman p. 366
2018Saurothera merlini Steadman 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
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
—CoccygesHuxley 1867
superorderCuculimorphaeSibley et al. 1988
orderCuculiformesWagler 1830
familyCuculidaeLeach 1820
genusSaurotheraViellot 1816
speciesmerlinid'Orbigny 1839

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.

Saurothera merlini d'Orbigny 1839 [great lizard-cuckoo]
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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: insectivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:34:04
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:34:04
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) Coccyzus merlini (194588) Saurothera merlini (144649 194590)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Saurothera merlini (144134)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas Saurothera merlini (194593)