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Emberiza

Reptilia - Theropoda - Emberizidae

Taxonomy
Emberiza was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was assigned to Emberizidae by Worthy (1997), Mlikovsky (2002) and Clements et al. (2017).

Species
E. alcoveri, E. calandra, E. citrinella, E. schoeniclus
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. cirlus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Emberiza Linnaeus p. 176
1817Schoeniclus Forster
1997Emberiza Worthy p. 110
2002Emberiza Mlikovsky p. 250
2017Emberiza 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()
orderTheropoda
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyEmberizidaeVigors 1831
genusEmberiza

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. Emberiza Linnaeus 1758
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†Emberiza alcoveri Rando et al. 1999
Emberiza calandra Linnaeus 1758 [corn bunting]
Emberiza citrinella Linnaeus 1758 [yellowhammer]
Emberiza schoeniclus Linnaeus 1758 [reed bunting]
Invalid names: Schoeniclus Forster 1817 [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: granivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:43:19
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:05:06
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Thiollay 1994, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Turolian to the top of the Holocene or 8.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') E. sp. (174455)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Italy E. sp. (194929)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Castilla-Leon) E. citrinella (34870)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) E. sp. 1, E. sp. 2, E. sp. 3 (175900)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) E. sp. (51504)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) E. citrinella, E. calandra, E. schoeniclus (125321)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) E. calandra (192960) E. sp. 1 (192957 192958) E. sp. 1, E. sp. 2, E. calandra (192955) E. sp. 2 (92902 192959)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) E. citrinella (184245)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain E. sp. (194940)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Spain E. alcoveri (194298)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) E. citrinella (215380)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) E. cirlus (215378)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Yemen E. sp. (169046 234349)