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Pyrrhula pyrrhula (Eurasian bullfinch)

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Fringillidae

Taxonomy
Loxia pyrrhula was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pyrrhula pyrrhula by Weesie (1988), Mlikovsky (2002), Clements et al. (2017), Carrera et al. (2018) and Carrera et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Loxia pyrrhula Linnaeus p. 171
1988Pyrrhula pyrrhula Weesie p. 48 figs. Pl 9, fig 17
2002Pyrrhula pyrrhula Mlikovsky p. 249
2017Pyrrhula pyrrhula Clements et al.
2018Pyrrhula pyrrhula Carrera et al. p. 164

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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
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyFringillidaeVigors 1825
subfamilyCarduelinae
tribePyrrhuliniVigors 1825
genusPyrrhulaBrisson 1760
speciespyrrhula()

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.

Pyrrhula pyrrhula Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian bullfinch]
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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: granivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 18:57:32
Modified: 2009-01-03 20:57:32
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Lein 1972, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) Pyrrhula pyrrhula (175900)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Pyrrhula pyrrhula (197774 197787 197788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Pyrrhula pyrrhula (92902)