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Melospiza
Taxonomy
Melospiza was named by Baird (1858). It is extant.
It was assigned to Emberizinae by Wetmore (1956); to Fringillidae by Wetmore (1962); and to Passerellidae by Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Emberizinae by Wetmore (1956); to Fringillidae by Wetmore (1962); and to Passerellidae by Clements et al. (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1858 | Melospiza Baird |
1956 | Melospiza Wetmore p. 102 |
1962 | Melospiza Wetmore p. 14 |
2017 | Melospiza Clements et al. |
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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. Melospiza Baird 1858
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Melospiza georgiana Latham 1790 [swamp sparrow]
Melospiza lincolnii Audubon 1834 [Lincoln's sparrow]
Melospiza melodia Wilson 1810 [song sparrow]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.806 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.806 Ma
Collections (14 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Gelasian | USA (Florida) | M. melodia (20384) | |
Pleistocene | USA (California) | M. melodia (176098) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Colorado) | M. lincolnii (152653) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | M. melodia (20350) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (California) | M. melodia (152007) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | M. georgiana (20398) | |
Rancholabrean - Holocene | USA (California) | M. melodia (84904) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | M. melodia (120827 123918 125236 176267 215552) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | M. melodia (82258) | |
Holocene | USA (Alaska) | M. melodia (177179) |