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Alauda arvensis (Eurasian skylark)

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Alaudidae

Taxonomy
Alauda arvensis was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Alauda arvensis Linnaeus p. 165
1997Alauda arvensis Seguí et al. p. 231
1997Alauda arvensis Worthy p. 108
2002Alauda arvensis Mlikovsky p. 232
2013Alauda arvensis Bedetti and Pavia p. 43 figs. Pl 2, fig m
2017Alauda arvensis 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
familyAlaudidaeVigors 1825
genusAlauda
speciesarvensis

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.

Alauda arvensis Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian skylark]
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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
Diet 2: granivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 17:39:06
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:39:06
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Lein 1972

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

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Alauda arvensis (125089)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Castilla-Leon) Alauda arvensis (34870)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Alauda arvensis (197789 197790)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Italy (Sardinia) Alauda arvensis (51482)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Alauda arvensis (194940)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Alauda arvensis (125437)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (South Island) Alauda arvensis (87814)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Wales) Alauda arvensis (124954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Alauda arvensis (125321)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Alauda arvensis (215380 215415 215419 215581)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Alauda arvensis (215378)