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Eudromia elegans (Elegant crested tinamou)

Osteichthyes - Tinamiformes - Tinamidae

Taxonomy
Eudromia elegans was named by Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1832). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Eudromia elegans Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
superorderPalaeognathaePycraft 1900
—CrypturiGoodchild
superorderDromaeomorphae
orderTinamiformesHuxley 1872
familyTinamidaeGray 1840
genusEudromiaGeoffroy 1832
specieselegansGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1832

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.

Eudromia elegans Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1832 [Elegant crested tinamou]
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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 16:51:27
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:51:27
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Thiollay 1994

Age range: Montehermosan or 5.00000 to 3.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) Eudromia elegans (152081 152085 198863)