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Corvus (crow)
Taxonomy
Corvus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type is Corvus corax. It is the type genus of Corvidae, Corvinae.
It was assigned to Passeres by Shufeldt (1891); to Corvinae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956); and to Corvidae by Hay (1902), Wetmore (1924), Lambrecht (1933), Olson and James (1982), Carroll (1988), Guthrie (1992), Baird (1992), Parmalee (1992), Morgan (1994), Worthy (1997), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Mlikovsky (2002), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003), Burney et al. (2008), Meijer et al. (2017), Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Passeres by Shufeldt (1891); to Corvinae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956); and to Corvidae by Hay (1902), Wetmore (1924), Lambrecht (1933), Olson and James (1982), Carroll (1988), Guthrie (1992), Baird (1992), Parmalee (1992), Morgan (1994), Worthy (1997), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Mlikovsky (2002), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003), Burney et al. (2008), Meijer et al. (2017), Clements et al. (2017).
Species
C. albicollis, C. albus, C. annectens, C. brachyrhynchos (syn. C. caurinus), C. corax (type species), C. corone, C. cryptoleucus, C. frugilegus, C. hungaricus, C. leucognaphalus, C. macrorhynchos, C. monedula, C. moneduloides, C. moriorum, C. nasicus (syn. C. wetmorei), C. ossifragus, C. palmarum, C. pliocaenus, C. praecorax, C. pumilis, C. shufeldti
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Corvus Linnaeus |
| 1891 | Corvus Shufeldt p. 819 |
| 1902 | Corvus Hay p. 537 |
| 1924 | Corvus Wetmore p. 15 |
| 1930 | Corvus Hay p. 355 |
| 1933 | Corvus Lambrecht p. 637 |
| 1940 | Corvus Wetmore p. 72 |
| 1956 | Corvus Wetmore p. 92 |
| 1982 | Corvus Olson and James p. 38 |
| 1988 | Corvus Carroll |
| 1992 | Corvus Baird p. 31 |
| 1992 | Corvus Guthrie p. 324 |
| 1992 | Corvus Parmalee p. 315 |
| 1994 | Corvus Morgan p. 468 |
| 1997 | Corvus Worthy p. 111 |
| 2001 | Corvus Olson and Rasmussen p. 300 |
| 2002 | Corvus Mlikovsky p. 234 |
| 2003 | Corvus Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 453 |
| 2008 | Corvus Burney et al. p. 18 |
| 2017 | Corvus Clements et al. |
| 2017 | Corvus Meijer et al. p. 12 |
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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. Corvus Linnaeus 1758 [crow]
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Corvus albicollis Latham 1790 [white-necked raven]
Corvus albus Muller 1776 [pied crow]
†Corvus annectens Shufeldt 1891
Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm 1822 [American crow]
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Invalid names: Corvus caurinus Baird 1858 [synonym]
Corvus corax Linnaeus 1758 [common raven]
Corvus corone Linnaeus 1758 [carrion crow]
Corvus cryptoleucus Couch 1854
Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus 1758 [rook]
†Corvus hungaricus Lambrecht 1915
Corvus leucognaphalus Daudin 1900 [white-necked crow]
Corvus macrorhynchos Wagler 1827 [large-billed crow]
Corvus monedula Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian jackdaw]
Corvus moneduloides Lesson 1831 [New Caledonian crow]
†Corvus moriorum Forbes 1892 [Chatham Islands raven]
Corvus nasicus Temminck 1826 [Cuban crow]
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Invalid names: Corvus wetmorei Brodkorb 1959 [synonym]
Corvus ossifragus Wilson 1812 [fish crow]
Corvus palmarum Württemburg 1835 [palm crow]
†Corvus pliocaenus Portis 1887
†Corvus praecorax Depéret 1890
†Corvus pumilis Wetmore 1920
†Corvus shufeldti Sharpe 1909
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Lein 1972, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 9 to the top of the Holocene or 11.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 9.67 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 9.67 Ma
Collections (200 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Neogene | USA (Arizona) | Corvus sp. (216972) | |
| MN 9 | Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) | Corvus sp. (75481) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Corvus ossifragus (52582) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alps) | Corvus hungaricus (44231) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Italy (Tuscany) | Corvus pliocaenus (49240) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | France (Midi-Pyrenees) | Corvus pliocaenus, Corvus monedula (35076) | |
| Gelasian | USA (Florida) | Corvus ossifragus (20384) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Corvus sp. (19750) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain (Mallorca) | Corvus sp. (214536) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Greece (central Macedonia ) | Corvus pliocaenus (197943) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | Italy | Corvus sp., Corvus corax (194929) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Hawaii) | Corvus sp. (176394) | |
| Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Corvus corax (125444 125448 125449 125451) Corvus corax, Corvus corone, Corvus monedula (125445) Corvus corone (125453) | |
| Pleistocene | Greece (Chalkidiki) | Corvus corax (183123) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Corvus sp. (28298) | |
| Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Corvus corax, Corvus corone (125438) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Cuba (Matanzas) | Corvus nasicus (152870) | |
| MN 17 | France (Rhone-Alpes) | Corvus hungaricus (47150) | |
| Calabrian | Spain (Castilla-Leon) | Corvus antecorvax (34870) | |
| Calabrian | Spain (Palencia) | Corvus pliocaenus (205225 205226 205228 213667 221564 221565 221566 221567 221568 221569 221570) | |