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Aegotheles novaezealandiae (New Zealand owlet-nightjar)

Osteichthyes - Caprimulgiformes - Aegothelidae

Taxonomy
Megaegotheles novaezealandiae was named by Scarlett (1968).

It was recombined as Aegotheles novaezealandiae by Worthy (1997), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003).

Entered
by M. Uhen on 2009-03-25; modified by M. Clapham on 2018-04-09

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Megaegotheles novaezealandiae Scarlett
1997Aegotheles novaezealandiae Worthy p. 107
2003Aegotheles novaezealandiae Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 452

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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()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderCaprimulgiformesRidgway 1881
familyAegothelidaeBonaparte 1853
genusAegothelesVigors and Horsfield 1827
speciesnovaezealandiae(Scarlett 1968)

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.

†Aegotheles novaezealandiae Scarlett 1968 [New Zealand owlet-nightjar]
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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 18:48:25
Modified: 2009-01-03 20:48:25
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Lein 1972

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0New Zealand Aegotheles novaezealandiae (182103 182104)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Aegotheles novaezealandiae (215380 215387 215392 215403 215415 215417 215418 215419 215420 215421 215582 215583)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Aegotheles novaezealandiae (181849)