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Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae (tui)

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Meliphagidae

Taxonomy
Merops novaeseelandiae was named by Gmelin (1788). It is extant.

It was recombined as Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae by Worthy (1997), Worthy (1998), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1788Merops novaeseelandiae Gmelin
1997Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae Worthy p. 110
1998Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae Worthy p. 139
2003Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 453
2017Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae 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
familyMeliphagidaeVigors 1825
genusProsthemaderaGray 1840
speciesnovaeseelandiae(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.

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

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (South Island) Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae (87810 87814)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0New Zealand Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae (182104)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae (100554 194618 194619 198088)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae (215387 215388 215389 215391 215395 215403 215418 215421 215583 215617)