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Nyctanassa

Reptilia - Theropoda - Ardeidae

Taxonomy
Nyctanassa was named by Stejneger (1887). It is extant.

It was assigned to Ardeinae by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); and to Ardeidae by Carroll (1988) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Nyctanassa Stejneger
1940Nyctanassa Wetmore p. 16
1956Nyctanassa Wetmore p. 20
1988Nyctanassa Carroll
2017Nyctanassa 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
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderPelecaniformesSharpe 1891
familyArdeidaeLeach 1820
genusNyctanassaStejneger 1887

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. Nyctanassa Stejneger 1887
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†Nyctanassa carcinocatactes Olson and Wingate 2006 [Bermuda night heron]
Nyctanassa violacea Linnaeus 1758 [yellow-crowned night heron]
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Invalid names: Larus vero Shufeldt 1917 [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: piscivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:51:50
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:51:50
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Thiollay 1994

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Blancan to the top of the Holocene or 4.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) N. violacea (19753)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) N. violacea (195048 195049)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Bermuda N. carcinocatactes (194467)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Larus vero (34269) N. violacea (74292)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) N. violacea (144663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda N. carcinocatactes (194449)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) N. violacea (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Cayman Islands Nycticorax violaceus (209852)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) N. violacea (144649)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bermuda N. carcinocatactes (94307 194445 194466)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Ecuador (Galapagos) N. violacea (190844 190846)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) N. violacea (195047)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) N. violacea (144662)