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Eudocimus

Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Threskiornithidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Eudocimus Wagler
1852Guara Reichenbach
1940Guara Wetmore p. 18
1956Eudocimus Wetmore p. 23
1972Eudocimus Cracraft p. 43
1981Eudocimus Olson p. 166
1988Eudocimus Carroll
1992Eudocimus Emslie p. 252
1994Eudocimus Morgan p. 467
1995Eudocimus Emslie
2001Eudocimus Olson and Rasmussen p. 294
2014Eudocimus del Hoyo et al.
2017Eudocimus 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
genusEudocimusWagler 1832

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.

G. Eudocimus Wagler 1832
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Eudocimus albus Linnaeus 1758 [White ibis]
†Eudocimus leiseyi Emslie 1995
†Eudocimus peruvianus Campbell 1979 [ibis]
Eudocimus ruber Linnaeus 1758 [Scarlet ibis]
Invalid names: Guara Reichenbach 1852 [synonym]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Blancan to the top of the Holocene or 4.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) E. sp. (52582)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) E. sp. (19753 19764 176340)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) E. albus (20384)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) E. leiseyi (20334 20400)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) E. albus (195048)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) E. albus (144663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru E. peruvianus, E. albus (71346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) E. albus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) E. albus (154773) Guara alba (154922)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Guara alba (154771)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Cayman Brac) E. albus (210541)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas Guara alba (145366)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Puerto Rico Guara alba (194583)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) E. sp., E. albus (144134)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) E. albus (144662)