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Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae (silver gull)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae

Taxonomy
Larus novaehollandiae was named by Stephens (1826). It is extant.

It was recombined as Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae by Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Larus novaehollandiae Stephens
1992Larus novaehollandiae Baird p. 26
1994Larus novaehollandiae Tennyson and Millener
2003Larus novaehollandiae Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 451
2017Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae 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
RankNameAuthor
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
suborderLariSharpe 1891
infraorderLarides
superfamilyLaroideaStejneger 1885
familyLaridaeVigors 1825
genusChroicocephalusEyton 1836
speciesnovaehollandiae(Stephens 1826)

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.

Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae Stephens 1826 [silver gull]
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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: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:41:05
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:41:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, 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 (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Larus novaehollandiae (181314)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (South Island) Larus novaehollandiae (87814)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Larus novaehollandiae (194614 194616)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Victoria) Larus novaehollandiae (138410)