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Mycteria

Reptilia - Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae

Taxonomy
Mycteria was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type is Mycteria americana. It is the type genus of Mycterinae.

It was assigned to Mycteriinae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); and to Ciconiidae by Howard (1972), Olson (1991), Louchart et al. (2008), Clements et al. (2017) and May (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mycteria Linnaeus
1758Tantalus Linnaeus p. 140
1930Mycteria Hay p. 297
1933Tantalus Lambrecht p. 324
1940Mycteria Wetmore p. 18
1956Mycteria Wetmore p. 22
1966Dissourodes Short
1967Dissourodes Brodkorb p. 109
1972Mycteria Howard p. 8
1991Mycteria Olson
2008Mycteria Louchart et al. p. 156
2017Mycteria Clements et al.
2019Mycteria May

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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()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderCiconiiformesBonaparte 1854
familyCiconiidaeSundevall 1836
genusMycteriaLinnaeus 1758

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. Mycteria Linnaeus 1758
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Mycteria americana Linnaeus 1758 [wood stork]
Mycteria cinerea Raffles 1822 [Milky stork]
Mycteria ibis Linnaeus 1766 [yellow-billed stork]
Mycteria leucocephala Pennant 1769 [Painted stork]
†Mycteria milleri Short 1966
†Mycteria wetmorei Howard 1935
Invalid names: Dissourodes Short 1966 [synonym], Tantalus Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 16.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Saudi Arabia M. cinereus (47088) M. cinereus, M. sp. (47021)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) M. milleri (18109)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Texas) Aves indet. (18610)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Entre Rios) M. sp. (140471)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chad M. sp. (192292 192293)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kenya M. sp. (232486)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) M. wetmorei (192628)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) M. americana (34269) M. wetmorei, M. americana (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) M. wetmorei (190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru M. americana (71346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa M. ibis (22066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) M. americana (154921)