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Nestor meridionalis (New Zealand kaka)

Reptilia - Psittaciformes - Strigopidae

Taxonomy
Psittacus meridionalis was named by Gmelin (1788). It is extant.

It was recombined as Nestor meridionalis by Worthy (1997), Worthy (1998), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1788Psittacus meridionalis Gmelin
1997Nestor meridionalis Worthy p. 106
1998Nestor meridionalis Worthy p. 134
2003Nestor meridionalis Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 451
2014Nestor meridionalis del Hoyo et al.
2017Nestor meridionalis 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)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
—CoccygesHuxley 1867
superorderPsittacimorphae
orderPsittaciformesWagler 1830
familyStrigopidaeBonaparte 1849
genusNestorLesson 1830
speciesmeridionalis(Gmelin 1788)

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.

Nestor meridionalis Gmelin 1788 [New Zealand kaka]
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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: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (South Island) Nestor meridionalis (87810 87814)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (North Otago) Nestor meridionalis (87789)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Nestor meridionalis (100554 194618 194619 195151 215577)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Nestor meridionalis (215392)