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Jynx

Reptilia - Piciformes - Picidae

Taxonomy

Jynx was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was assigned to Picidae by Mlikovsky (2002), Clements et al. (2017).

Species

J. torquilla

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1758	Jynx Linnaeus p. 112
2002	Jynx Mlikovsky p. 149
2017	Jynx Clements et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
—	Neognathae	(Pycraft 1900)
—	Neoaves	Sibley et al. 1988
—	Terrestrornithes
—	Dendrornithes
—	Anomalogonates	Garrod 1874
—	Picoclamatores
superorder	Passerimorphae	Sibley et al. 1988
order	Piciformes	Meyer and Wolf 1810
family	Picidae	Vigors 1825
genus	Jynx

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. Jynx Linnaeus 1758

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Jynx torquilla Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian wryneck]

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 16:38:55

Modified:

2009-01-03 18:38:55

Source: f = family, o = order

References: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Calabrian	1.8 - 0.774	Italy	J. torquilla (197789)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	France (Corse)	J. torquilla (215378)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Spain	J. torquilla (194936)