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Dumetella

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Mimidae

Taxonomy
Dumetella was named by Wood (1837). It is extant.

It was assigned to Mimidae by Parmalee (1992) and Clements et al. (2017).

Species
D. carolinensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Dumetella Wood
1992Dumetella Parmalee p. 316
2017Dumetella 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
familyMimidaeBonaparte 1853
genusDumetellaWood 1837

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. Dumetella Wood 1837
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Dumetella carolinensis Linnaeus 1766 [gray catbird]
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: insectivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 17:40:50
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:40:50
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Lein 1972

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.3 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) D. carolinensis (20385)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) D. carolinensis (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) D. carolinensis (190743)