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Euphagus (blackbird)

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Icteridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Euphagus Cassin
1930Euphagus Hay p. 358
1933Euphagus Lambrecht p. 643
1940Euphagus Wetmore p. 76
1956Euphagus Wetmore p. 96
1989Euphagus Shoshani et al. p. 436
2017Euphagus 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)
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
familyIcteridaeVigors 1825
genusEuphagusCassin 1866

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. Euphagus Cassin 1866 [blackbird]
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†Euphagus affinis Shufeldt 1891
Euphagus cyanocephalus Wagler 1829 [Brewer's blackbird]
†Euphagus magnirostris Miller 1929 [large-billed blackbird]
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: terrestrialsubf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantsubf
Diet: insectivoresubf
Diet 2: frugivoresubf
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:48:48
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:48:48
Source: subf = subfamily, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 2.58800 to 0.01200 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.806 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Euphagus sp., Euphagus cyanocephalus (20384)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Sonora) Euphagus cyanocephalus (20495)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) Euphagus magnirostris (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Euphagus cyanocephalus, Euphagus magnirostris (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Euphagus cyanocephalus (123918 155409) Euphagus magnirostris (190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Euphagus cyanocephalus (93251) Scolecophagus affinis (176222)