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Pica

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Corvidae

Taxonomy
Pica was named by Brisson (1760). It is extant.

It was assigned to Garrulinae by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); and to Corvidae by Linnaeus (1758), Wetmore (1962), Parmalee (1992), Mlikovsky (2002) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Pica Linnaeus
1760Pica Brisson
1940Pica Wetmore p. 72
1956Pica Wetmore p. 92
1962Pica Wetmore p. 13
1992Pica Parmalee p. 315
2002Pica Mlikovsky p. 237
2017Pica 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)
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)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyCorvidaeVigors 1825
genusPicaBrisson 1760

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. Pica Brisson 1760
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Pica hudsonia Sabine 1823 [black-billed magpie]
†Pica mourerae Segui 2001
Pica nuttalli Audubon 1837 [yellow-billed magpie]
Pica pica Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian magpie]
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: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 17:35:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:35:15
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Lein 1972

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 1.80000 to 0.01200 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Spain (Majorca (Mallorca)) P. mourerae (68813)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Mallorca) P. mourerae (214536)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy P. pica (197789 197790)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) P. hudsonia (152653)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy P. pica (197786)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) P. pica (175900)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco P. pica (191730)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) P. pica (20398)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) P. nuttallii (150336)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) P. pica (84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) P. nuttali (218989) P. nuttalli (190077) P. sp. (44954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) P. pica (82258 104697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) P. pica (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom P. pica (124956)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy P. pica (197787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) P. pica (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal P. pica (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation P. pica (194807)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) P. pica (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Romania P. pica (197949)