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Petrochelidon

Osteichthyes - Passeriformes - Hirundinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Petrochelidon Cabanis
1930Petrochelidon Hay p. 355
1940Petrochelidon Wetmore p. 71
1956Petrochelidon Wetmore p. 91
1962Petrochelidon Wetmore p. 12
2017Petrochelidon Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyHirundinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusPetrochelidonCabanis 1850

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. Petrochelidon Cabanis 1850
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Petrochelidon albifrons Rafinesque 1822
Petrochelidon fulva Vieillot 1808 [cave swallow]
Petrochelidon nigricans Vieillot 1817 [tree martin]
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Vieillot 1816 [cliff swallow]
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 16:42:00
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:42:00
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Hirundo fulva (209851)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) P. pyrrhonota (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) P. albifrons (44954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Hirundo pyrrhonota (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) P. pyrrhonota (82258 103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) P. fulva (144663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) P. nigricans (181314)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Dominican Republic P. fulva (194485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) P. fulva (194588)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Puerto Rico P. fulva (231345)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic P. fulva (194484)