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Corvus moriorum (Chatham Islands raven)

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Corvidae

Taxonomy
Corvus moriorum was named by Forbes (1892).

It was recombined as Palaeocorax moriorum by Lambrecht (1933).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. neomexicanus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Corvus moriorum Forbes
1933Palaeocorax moriorum Lambrecht p. 638
1997Corvus moriorum Worthy p. 112
1998Corvus moriorum Worthy p. 141
2003Corvus moriorum Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 453
2017Corvus moriorum 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
familyCorvidaeVigors 1825
genusCorvus
speciesmoriorumForbes 1892

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.

†Corvus moriorum Forbes 1892 [Chatham Islands raven]
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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: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 17:35:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:35:15
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Lein 1972

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 (North Otago) Corvus moriorum (87789)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (South Island) Corvus moriorum (87810 87814)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Corvus moriorum (215392)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Corvus moriorum (100554 194618 194619 215577) Palaeocorax moriorum (198211)