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Oreoscoptes montanus (sage thrasher)

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Mimidae

Taxonomy
Orpheus montanus was named by Townsend (1837). It is extant.

It was recombined as Oreoscoptes montanus by Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942) and Wetmore (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Orpheus montanus Townsend
1940Oreoscoptes montanus Wetmore p. 74
1942Oreoscoptes montanus Miller and DeMay p. 127
1956Oreoscoptes montanus Wetmore p. 94

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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
familyMimidaeBonaparte 1853
genusOreoscoptesBaird 1858
speciesmontanus(Townsend 1837)

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.

Oreoscoptes montanus Townsend 1837 [sage thrasher]
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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
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 17:40:50
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:40:50
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Lein 1972, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 0.12900 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Oreoscoptes montanus (176098)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Oreoscoptes montanus (152008)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Oreoscoptes montanus (44954 123918 190077 215552)