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Apus

Reptilia - Theropoda - Apodidae

Taxonomy
Apus was named by Scopoli (1777). It is extant.

It was assigned to Apodi by Harrison (1984); to Apodidae by Carroll (1988), Mlikovsky (2002), Burney et al. (2008) and Clements et al. (2017); and to Apodinae by Watanabe et al. (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Apus Scopoli
1811Cypselus Illiger
1933Cypselus Lambrecht p. 622
1984Apus Harrison
1988Apus Carroll
2002Apus Mlikovsky p. 206
2008Apus Burney et al. p. 18
2017Apus Clements et al.
2018Apus Watanabe et al. p. 476

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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)
RankNameAuthor
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderCaprimulgiformesRidgway 1881
familyApodidaeHartert 1897
subfamilyApodinaeHartert 1897
genusApusScopoli 1777

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. Apus Scopoli 1777
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Apus apus Linnaeus 1758 [common swift]
Apus melba Linnaeus 1758 [alpine swift]
Apus pallidus Shelley 1870 [pallid swift]
Apus wetmorei Ballmann 1976
Invalid names: Cypselus Illiger 1811 [synonym]
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 16:35:04
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:35:04
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) A. baranensis (35359)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) A. apus (35472)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) A. sp., A. melba (175900)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) A. apus, A. pallidus (184245)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain A. sp. (194940)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) A. apus (192949 192959) A. apus, A. melba (92902) A. melba (192951 192957)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy A. sp. (197769)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Aomori) A. sp. (101898)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Toliara) A. sp. (92733)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Yemen A. sp. (169046 234349)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) A. apus (215378)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation A. apus (194808)