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Anous ceruleus (blue-gray noddy)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae

Taxonomy
Sterna cerulea was named by Bennett (1840). It is extant.

It was recombined as Procelsterna cerulea by Steadman (1992), Steadman and Intoh (1994), Wragg (1995) and Steadman (1999); it was recombined as Anous ceruleus by Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Sterna cerulea Bennett
1992Procelsterna cerulea Steadman
1994Procelsterna cerulea Steadman and Intoh p. 129
1995Procelsterna cerulea Wragg
1999Procelsterna cerulea Steadman
2017Anous ceruleus 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
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
suborderLariSharpe 1891
infraorderLarides
superfamilyLaroideaStejneger 1885
familyLaridaeVigors 1825
genusAnousStephens 1826
speciesceruleus(Bennett 1840)

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.

Anous ceruleus Bennett 1840 [blue-gray noddy]
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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: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:41:05
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:41:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia Procelsterna cerulea (231176 231181)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Micronesia, Federated States of Procelsterna cerulea (194650 194651 194652)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Northern Mariana Islands Procelsterna cerulea (194623 194624 194625 194626 194627)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cook Islands Procelsterna cerulea (194764)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Pitcairn Procelsterna cerulea (193763 193786 193787 193788 193790 193791)