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Phaethon lepturus (white-tailed tropicbird)

Reptilia - Phaethontiformes - Phaethontidae

Taxonomy
Phaethon lepturus was named by Daudin (1802). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Phaethon lepturus Daudin
1962Phaethon lepturus Wetmore p. 17
1992Phaethon lepturus Steadman
1992Phaethon lepturus Steadman and Pahlavan p. 460
1994Phaethon lepturus Morgan p. 479
1994Phaethon lepturus Steadman and Intoh p. 126
1999Phaethon lepturus Mourer-Chauviré et al. p. 5 fig. 4t
2014Phaethon lepturus del Hoyo et al.
2017Phaethon lepturus Clements et al.
2018Phaethon lepturus Rigal et al. p. 13
2019Phaethon lepturus Worthy and Burley

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderPhaethontiformes(Sharpe 1891)
familyPhaethontidaeBrandt 1831
genusPhaethon
specieslepturusDaudin 1802

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.

Phaethon lepturus Daudin 1802 [white-tailed tropicbird]
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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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Cayman Islands Phaethon lepturus (209852)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Solomon Islands Phaethon lepturus (209060 209062 209064 209065 209066 209067 209096)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Reunion Phaethon lepturus (193992 193994)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Northern Mariana Islands Phaethon lepturus (194622 194623 194624 194645 194647 194648)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Phaethon lepturus (194031 194171)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Cayman Brac) Phaethon lepturus (210538 210539)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia (Society Islands) Phaethon lepturus (215325)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia Phaethon lepturus (194675 198009 198010 198017 198021 198023 198024 198025 198026)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bermuda Phaethon lepturus (82260)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Palau Phaethon lepturus (209729 209730 209738 209739 209740 209741 209742 209744 209745)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Micronesia, Federated States of Phaethon lepturus (194650)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga (Vava'u) Phaethon lepturus (208862)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niue Phaethon lepturus (193851 193852 193853 193862 193863 193864 193865)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga Phaethon lepturus (194751)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cook Islands Phaethon lepturus (194757 194758 194762 194764 194765)