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Fulica atra (common coot)

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Taxonomy
Fulica atra was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Fulica.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Fulica atra Linnaeus p. 152
1888Fulica prior De Vis
1902Fulica atra Hay p. 528
1930Fulica atra Hay p. 333
1933Fulica prior Lambrecht p. 482
1967Fulica prior Brodkorb p. 130
1988Fulica atra Weesie p. 26 figs. Pl 6, fig 2
2002Fulica atra Mlikovsky p. 178
2014Fulica atra del Hoyo et al.
2017Fulica atra Clements et al.
2018Fulica atra Carrera et al. p. 171 fig. 3H
2018Fulica atra Michailidis et al. p. 87 figs. 2K, 4J
2020Fulica atra Worthy and Nguyen p. 87

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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
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
Terrestrornithes
Telmatorae
superorderCharadriimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderGruiformesBonaparte 1854
familyRallidaeVigors 1825
genusFulica
speciesatra

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.

Fulica atra Linnaeus 1758 [common coot]
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Invalid names: Fulica prior De Vis 1888 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available