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Mohoua

Osteichthyes - Passeriformes - Mohouidae

Taxonomy
Mohoua was named by Lesson (1837). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pachycephalidae by Worthy (1997); and to Mohouidae by Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Mohoua Lesson
1997Mohoua Worthy p. 109
2017Mohoua 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
familyMohouidaeMathews 1946
genusMohouaLesson 1837

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. Mohoua Lesson 1837
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Mohoua albicilla Lesson 1830 [whitehead]
Mohoua novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1789 [pipipi]
Mohoua ochrocephala Gmelin 1789 [yellowhead]
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: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0New Zealand M. ochrocephala (182103) M. ochrocephala, M. novaeseelandiae (182104)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand M. ochrocephala, M. novaeseelandiae (100554)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) M. novaeseelandiae (215419) M. ochrocephala (215415 215416 215580 215583 215616) M. ochrocephala, M. novaeseelandiae (215403 215420 215421)