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Geronticus eremita (northern bald ibis)

Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Threskiornithidae

Taxonomy
Upupa eremita was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Geronticus eremita by Mlikovsky (2002), Mourer-Chauviré et al. (2006), Bedetti and Pavia (2013), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Upupa eremita Linnaeus p. 118
2002Geronticus eremita Mlikovsky p. 94
2006Geronticus eremita Mourer-Chauviré et al. p. 820 fig. 3
2013Geronticus eremita Bedetti and Pavia p. 33
2017Geronticus eremita 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
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Aequornithes
Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderPelecaniformesSharpe 1891
familyThreskiornithidaeRichmond 1917
genusGeronticusWagler 1832
specieseremita()

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.

Geronticus eremita Linnaeus 1758 [northern bald ibis]
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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: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 17:09:47
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:09:47
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Terborgh et al. 1990, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Geronticus eremita (197789)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Murcia) Geronticus eremita (34128)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) Geronticus eremita (175900)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Geronticus eremita (195041)