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Petrochelidon fulva (cave swallow)

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Hirundinidae

Taxonomy
Hirundo fulva was named by Vieillot (1808). It is extant.

It was recombined as Petrochelidon fulva by Bernstein (1965), Clements et al. (2017) and Oswald and Steadman (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1808Hirundo fulva Vieillot
1965Petrochelidon fulva Bernstein p. 279
1994Hirundo fulva Morgan p. 484
2017Petrochelidon fulva Clements et al.
2018Petrochelidon fulva Oswald and Steadman p. 366

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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
familyHirundinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusPetrochelidonCabanis 1850
speciesfulva(Vieillot 1808)

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.

Petrochelidon fulva Vieillot 1808 [cave swallow]
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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: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:42:00
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:42:00
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Naka 2004, 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 - 0.0117Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) Petrochelidon fulva (144663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Hirundo fulva (209851)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) Petrochelidon fulva (194588)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Dominican Republic Petrochelidon fulva (194485)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Petrochelidon fulva (194484)