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Conuropsis (Carolina parakeet)

Reptilia - Psittaciformes - Psittacidae

Taxonomy
Conuropsis was named by Salvadori (1891). It is not extant. Its type is Psittacus carolinensis.

It was assigned to Arinae by Wetmore (1940); to Psittacinae by Wetmore (1956); and to Psittacidae by Wetmore (1926), Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Conuropsis Salvadori
1926Conuropsis Wetmore p. 3
1930Conuropsis Hay p. 346
1933Conuropsis Lambrecht p. 611
1940Conuropsis Wetmore p. 65
1956Conuropsis Wetmore p. 83
1985Conuropsis Olson p. 121
1988Conuropsis Carroll
2017Conuropsis Clements 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
superorderPsittacimorphae
orderPsittaciformesWagler 1830
familyPsittacidae
genusConuropsisSalvadori 1891

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. †Conuropsis Salvadori 1891 [Carolina parakeet]
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Conuropsis carolinensis Linnaeus 1758 [Carolina parakeet]
†Conuropsis fratercula Wetmore 1926
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: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Holocene or 20.43000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Conuropsis fratercula (18001)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Conuropsis carolinensis (195049)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Illinois) Conuropsis carolinensis (195052)