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Jabiru mycteria (jabiru)

Osteichthyes - Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae

Taxonomy
Ciconia mycteria was named by Lichtenstein (1819). It is extant. It is the type species of Jabiru.

It was recombined as Jabiru mycteria by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1931), Wetmore (1940), Clements et al. (2017).

Entered
by R. Hulbert (authorized by J. Bloch) on 2014-03-09; modified by M. Clapham on 2018-04-11

Synonyms
  • Jabiru weillsi was named by Sellards (1916). Its type specimen is USNM V 9712, a limb element (humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vero, which is in a Pleistocene channel sandstone/sandstone in Florida.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Jabiru mycteria by Wetmore (1931), Lambrecht (1933).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Ciconia mycteria Lichtenstein
1916Jabiru weillsi Sellards
1930Jabiru mycteria Hay p. 296
1930Jabiru weillsi Hay p. 297
1931Jabiru mycteria Wetmore p. 17
1940Jabiru mycteria Wetmore p. 17
2017Jabiru mycteria Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—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
genusJabiruHellmayr 1906
speciesmycteria(Lichtenstein 1819)

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.

Jabiru mycteria Lichtenstein 1819 [jabiru]
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Invalid names: Jabiru weillsi Sellards 1916 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available