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Coracopsis vasa (greater vasa-parrot)

Osteichthyes - Psittaciformes - Psittacidae

Taxonomy
Psittacus vasa was named by Shaw (1812). It is extant.

It was recombined as Mascarinus vasa by Clements et al. (2017); it was recombined as Coracopsis vasa by Goodman and Ravoavy (1993), Goodman (1999), Burney et al. (2008), Goodman et al. (2013), Podsiadlowski et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1812Psittacus vasa Shaw
1993Coracopsis vasa Goodman and Ravoavy
1999Coracopsis vasa Goodman
2008Coracopsis vasa Burney et al.
2013Coracopsis vasa Goodman et al.
2017Mascarinus vasa Clements et al.
2017Coracopsis vasa Podsiadlowski 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)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
RankNameAuthor
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
—CoccygesHuxley 1867
superorderPsittacimorphae
orderPsittaciformesWagler 1830
familyPsittacidae
subfamilyCoracopseinaeJoseph et al. 2012
genusCoracopsisWagler 1832
speciesvasa(Shaw 1812)

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.

Coracopsis vasa Shaw 1812 [greater vasa-parrot]
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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: granivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:33:43
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:15:32
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004

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 - 0.0Madagascar Coracopsis vasa (95827 195018)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Toliara) Coracopsis vasa (92733)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Coracopsis vasa (195020 236022)