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Tigrisoma

Osteichthyes - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae

Taxonomy
Tigrisoma was named by Swainson (1827). It is extant.

It was assigned to Tigriornithini by Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Ardeidae by Alvarez (1977), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Tigrisoma Swainson
1977Tigrisoma Alvarez p. 214
2007Tigrisoma Livezey and Zusi p. 93
2014Tigrisoma del Hoyo et al.
2017Tigrisoma Clements et al.

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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
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderPelecaniformesSharpe 1891
familyArdeidaeLeach 1820
subfamilyBotaurinaeReichenbach 1850
tribeTigriornithiniBock 1956
genusTigrisomaSwainson 1827

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. Tigrisoma Swainson 1827
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Tigrisoma lineatum Boddaert 1783 [Rufescent tiger-heron]
Tigrisoma mexicanum Swainson 1834 [bare-throated tiger-heron]
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: Thiollay 1994, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) T. sp. (169983)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) T. sp. (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Cuba T. mexicanum (194488)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) T. mexicanum (195047)