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Melospiza melodia (song sparrow)

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Passerellidae

Taxonomy
Fringilla melodia was named by Wilson (1810). It is extant.

It was recombined as Melospiza melodia by Dawson (1948), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1962), Guthrie (1992), Guthrie (2010) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Fringilla melodia Wilson
1948Melospiza melodia Dawson p. 62
1956Melospiza melodia Wetmore p. 102
1962Melospiza melodia Wetmore p. 15
1992Melospiza melodia Guthrie p. 325
2010Melospiza melodia Guthrie p. 6
2017Melospiza melodia 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
familyPasserellidaeCabanis 1851
genusMelospizaBaird 1858
speciesmelodia(Wilson 1810)

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.

Melospiza melodia Wilson 1810 [song sparrow]
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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 Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Melospiza melodia (20384)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Melospiza melodia (176098)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Melospiza melodia (20350)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Melospiza melodia (152007)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.3 - 0.0USA (California) Melospiza melodia (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Melospiza melodia (82258)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Melospiza melodia (120827 123918 125236 176267 215552)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Melospiza melodia (177179)