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Cyanocitta cristata (blue jay)
Taxonomy
Corvus cristatus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Cyanocitta.
It was recombined as Cyanocitta cristata by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1962), Parmalee (1992) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Cyanocitta cristata by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1962), Parmalee (1992) and Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1758 | Corvus cristatus Linnaeus p. 106 |
1930 | Cyanocitta cristata Hay p. 355 |
1962 | Cyanocitta cristata Wetmore p. 13 |
1992 | Cyanocitta cristata Parmalee p. 315 |
2017 | Cyanocitta cristata Clements et al. |
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Cyanocitta cristata Linnaeus 1758 [blue jay]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, o = order | |||||
References: Marsh 1875, Lein 1972 |
Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 2.58800 to 0.01200 Ma
Collections (9 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Gelasian | USA (Florida) | Cyanocitta cristata (20384) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Cyanocitta cristata (20491) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Tennessee) | Cyanocitta cristata (82890) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Cyanocitta cristata (20573) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Cyanocitta cristata (82258 103991) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Alabama) | Cyanocitta cristata (84181) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Cyanocitta cristata (84190) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Virginia) | Cyanocitta cristata (104035) |