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Leptoptilini (stork)

Reptilia - Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae

Taxonomy
Leptoptilini was named by Mayr and Cottrell (1979). It is extant. Its type is Leptoptilos.

It was assigned to Ciconiidae by Noriega and Cladera (2008) and Meijer and Awe Due (2010).

Subtaxa
Jabiru

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Leptoptilini Mayr and Cottrell
2008Leptoptilini Noriega and Cladera p. 595
2010Leptoptilini Meijer and Awe Due p. 714

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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)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderCiconiiformesBonaparte 1854
familyCiconiidaeSundevall 1836
tribeLeptoptiliniMayr and Cottrell 1979
tribeLeptoptiliniMayr and Cottrell 1979

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.

Tr. Leptoptilini Mayr and Cottrell 1979 [stork]
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G. Jabiru Hellmayr 1906 [jabiru]
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Jabiru mycteria Lichtenstein 1819 [jabiru]
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Invalid names: Jabiru weillsi Sellards 1916 [synonym]
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: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Chad Ciconiidae indet. (24181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Jabiru mycteria (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Jabiru mycteria (74292) Jabiru weillsi (34269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Jabiru mycteria (71346)