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Pyrrhocorax (chough)

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Corvidae

Taxonomy
Pyrrhocorax was named by Tunstall (1771). It is extant.

It was assigned to Corvidae by Tunstall (1771), Lambrecht (1933), Gaillard (1939), Mlikovsky (2002), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1771Pyrrhocorax Tunstall
1933Pyrrhocorax Lambrecht p. 66409
1939Pyrrhocorax Gaillard p. 46
2002Pyrrhocorax Mlikovsky p. 238
2017Pyrrhocorax 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)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyCorvidaeVigors 1825
genusPyrrhocoraxTunstall 1771

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. Pyrrhocorax Tunstall 1771 [chough]
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Pyrrhocorax graculus Linnaeus 1766 [yellow-billed chough]
†Pyrrhocorax primigenius Milne-Edwards 1875
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Linnaeus 1758 [red-billed chough]
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: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 17:35:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:35:15
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Lein 1972

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 (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greece Pyrrhocorax sp. (202122)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Italy Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Pyrrhocorax graculus (194929)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) Pyrrhocorax graculus (183123)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Pyrrhocorax graculus (197789)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) Pyrrhocorax graculus (175900)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary Pyrrhocorax sp. (35476)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Corse) Pyrrhocorax graculus (69062)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Pyrrhocorax sp. (51483 51504)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Pyrrhocorax graculus (191730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Pyrrhocorax graculus (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Pyrrhocorax graculus (194942) Pyrrhocorax sp., Pyrrhocorax graculus (194940 194944 199943) Pyrrhocorax sp., Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Pyrrhocorax graculus (197938)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Pyrrhocorax graculus (194807)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Corse) Pyrrhocorax graculus (215362)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Valencia) Pyrrhocorax sp. (221415)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Pyrrhocorax graculus (194931 194933) Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Pyrrhocorax graculus (194932) Pyrrhocorax sp. (197774) Pyrrhocorax sp., Pyrrhocorax graculus (197772 197773) Pyrrhocorax sp., Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Pyrrhocorax graculus (197769 197771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Romania Pyrrhocorax graculus (197946 197947 197948)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Pyrrhocorax sp. (51553) Pyrrhocorax sp., Pyrrhocorax graculus (51552)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Pyrrhocorax graculus (79548)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Pyrrhocorax graculus (182810 192957 192959) Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Pyrrhocorax graculus (92902 192949 192951 192955)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (93828)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (184245)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Spain Pyrrhocorax graculus (194939) Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (194298)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Pyrrhocorax graculus (215378) Pyrrhocorax sp. (215376)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Pyrrhocorax graculus (199945) Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (194379) Pyrrhocorax sp., Pyrrhocorax graculus (194936) Pyrrhocorax sp., Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (194935) Pyrrhocorax sp., Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Pyrrhocorax graculus (199942)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (Wales) Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (125439)