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Plegadis

Reptilia - Theropoda - Threskiornithidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Plegadis Kaup
1930Plegadis Hay p. 299
1940Plegadis Wetmore p. 18
1956Plegadis Wetmore p. 22
1981Plegadis Olson p. 165
1984Plegadis Cheneval p. 82
1988Plegadis Carroll
1992Plegadis Guthrie p. 321
2002Plegadis Mlikovsky p. 93
2017Plegadis 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)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderPelecaniformesSharpe 1891
familyThreskiornithidaeRichmond 1917
genusPlegadisKaup 1829

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. Plegadis Kaup 1829
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Plegadis autumnalis Hasselqvist 1762
Plegadis chihi Vieillot 1817 [white-faced ibis]
Plegadis falcinellus Linnaeus 1766 [glossy ibis]
†Plegadis paganus Milne-Edwards 1868
†Plegadis pharangites Olson 1981
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Invalid names: Plegadis gracilis Miller and Bowman 1956 [replaced]
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: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 17:09:47
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:09:47
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Terborgh et al. 1990

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.44 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Auvergne) P. paganus (125333)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) P. sp. (19922)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Buenos Aires) P. chihi (202096)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece P. falcinellus (199939)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy P. falcinellus (197786)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Sonora) P. sp. (20495)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.3 - 0.0USA (California) P. chihi (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) P. chihi (125236)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) P. sp. (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt P. falcinellus (208788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Romania P. falcinellus (197949)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Puerto Rico P. falcinellus (194583)