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Vini vidivici (conquered lorikeet)

Reptilia - Psittaciformes - Psittaculidae

Taxonomy
Vini vidivici was named by Steadman and Zarriello (1987). Its type specimen is BPBM 165647, a set of limb elements (tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hanatekua Shelter 2 site, Hiva Oa, which is in a Holocene terrestrial horizon in French Polynesia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Vini vidivici Steadman and Zarriello p. 523 fig. 1,2
1992Vini vidivici Steadman and Pahlavan p. 471
1996Vini vidivici Steadman and Rolett 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
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—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
—Dendrornithes
—AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
—CoccygesHuxley 1867
superorderPsittacimorphae
orderPsittaciformesWagler 1830
familyPsittaculidaeVigors 1825
genusViniLesson 1833
speciesvidivici

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.

†Vini vidivici Steadman and Zarriello 1987 [conquered lorikeet]
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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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia Vini vidivici (177149 193461 193463 193464 193465 193466 type locality: 193467 194675 194746)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cook Islands Vini vidivici (194762 194763 194764 194765)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia (Society Islands) Vini vidivici (215325)