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Galerida

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Description

Galerida is a genus of birds in the family Alaudidae. The current scientific name is derived from Latin. Galerida was the name for a lark with a crest, from galerum, "cap". The name Galerida is synonymous with the earlier genus names Calendula, Heliocorys and Ptilocorys.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galerida, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2490666	https://www.gbif.org/species/2490666
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	368976	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=368976

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Passeriformes : Alaudidae : Galerida

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Theropoda
-	Neotheropoda	Bakker 1986
-	Averostra	Paul 2002
-	Tetanurae	Gauthier 1986
order	Avetheropoda	Paul 1988
suborder	Coelurosauria	Huene 1914
-	Maniraptora	Gauthier 1986
-	Paraves	Sereno 1997
class	Aves	Linnaeus 1758
-	Pygostylia	Chiappe 2002
-	Ornithothoraces	Chiappe and Calvo 1994
-	Ornithuromorpha	Chiappe et al. 1999
subclass	Ornithurae	Haeckel 1866
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
-	Neognathae
-	Neoaves	Sibley et al. 1988
-	Terrestrornithes	Livezey and Zusi 2007
-	Dendrornithes
-	Anomalogonates	Garrod 1874
-	Picoclamatores	Livezey and Zusi 2007
superorder	Passerimorphae	Sibley et al. 1988
order	Passeriformes	Linnaeus 1758
family	Alaudidae	Vigors 1825
genus	Galerida	Boie 1828

Scientific Name

Galerida Boie, 1828

Name Published In

Isis 21 col. 321

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Galerida	genus	belongs to Alaudidae	stated with evidence	Clements et al., 2017

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

2.59 - 0.78 Ma
Pleistocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Alaudidae)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Theropoda)

Diet

insectivore, granivore (based on Alaudidae)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. F. Clements, T. S. Schulenberg, and M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galerida

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Galerida cristata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Crested Lark	5	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Galerida desertorum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Galerida deva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Galerida macrorhyncha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Galerida magna species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Galerida magnirostris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Galerida malabarica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Galerida modesta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Galerida ruppelli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Galerida schluteri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Galerida theklae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Gallerida Blyth, 1852	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Passeriformes : Alaudidae : *Gallerida*
Calendula Swainson, 1837	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Passeriformes : Alaudidae : *Calendula*
Heliocorys Sharpe, 1890	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Passeriformes : Alaudidae : *Heliocorys*
Galerita Selys, 1842	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Passeriformes : Alaudidae : *Galerita*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1828	Galerida Boie
2017	Galerida Clements et al.

References

Clements J. F., Schulenberg T. S., et al (2017) , The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017

Keith, S., E.K. Urban &Fry, C. H. (1992). The Birds of Africa, Volume IV. Academic Press, London. - via World Register of Marine Species

Martín-Mateo,María Paz,María D. Soler-Cruz,Márquez,F. (1979) Brüelia parviguttata (Blagoveshchensky, 1940) (Mallophaga) parásito de Galerida cristata L. 39: 165-173 - via Phthiraptera.info

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SOF (2007) Holarktis Fåglar, version 2. SOF:s Taxonomikommittés officiella lista över Holarktis fåglar - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Isis (Oken), 1828 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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