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Thalasseus

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae

Taxonomy
Thalasseus was named by Boie (1822). It is extant.

It was assigned to Sterninae by Hay (1930); and to Laridae by Clements et al. (2017) and Worthy and Burley (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Thalasseus Boie
1930Thalasseus Hay p. 342
2017Thalasseus Clements et al.
2019Thalasseus Worthy and Burley

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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
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
suborderLariSharpe 1891
infraorderLarides
superfamilyLaroideaStejneger 1885
familyLaridaeVigors 1825
genusThalasseusBoie 1822

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.

G. Thalasseus Boie 1822
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Thalasseus bergii Lichtenstein 1823 [great crested tern]
Thalasseus elegans Gambel 1849 [elegant tern]
Thalasseus maximus Boddaert 1783 [royal tern]
Thalasseus sandvicensis Latham 1787 [Sandwich tern]
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: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Sterna maxima (52582)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Sterna elegans (176222)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga (Vava'u) T. bergii (208863 208865)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Sterna bergii (177146) Sterna sandvicensis (177147)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) Sterna sandvicensis (195047)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Puerto Rico T. maximus (194583)