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Aphelocoma

Description

The passerine birds of the genus Aphelocomainclude the scrub-jays and their relatives. They are New World jays found in Mexico, western Central America and the western United States, with an outlying population in Florida. This genus belongs to the group of New World (or "blue") jays–possibly a distinct subfamily–which is not closely related to other jays, magpies or treepies. They live in open pine-oak forests, chaparral, and mixed evergreen forests.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2482394https://www.gbif.org/species/2482394
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)289508https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=289508
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Passeriformes : Corvidae : Aphelocoma
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Saurischia
-Theropoda
-NeotheropodaBakker 1986
-AverostraPaul 2002
-TetanuraeGauthier 1986
orderAvetheropodaPaul 1988
suborderCoelurosauriaHuene 1914
-ManiraptoraGauthier 1986
-ParavesSereno 1997
classAvesLinnaeus 1758
-PygostyliaChiappe 2002
-OrnithothoracesChiappe and Calvo 1994
-OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithuraeHaeckel 1866
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
-Neognathae
-NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
-TerrestrornithesLivezey and Zusi 2007
-Dendrornithes
-AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
-PicoclamatoresLivezey and Zusi 2007
superorderPasserimorphaeSibley et al. 1988
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyCorvidaeVigors 1825
genusAphelocomaCabanis 1851
Common Namescrub jay
Scientific NameAphelocoma Cabanis, 1851
Name Published Inin Cabanis & Heine, Mus. Hein., 1, 1850-51
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Aphelocomagenusbelongs to Corvidaestated without evidenceEmslie, 1998
Aphelocomagenusbelongs to Corvidaestated with evidenceClements et al., 2017
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
Extant Size (PBDB)3 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance1.81 - 0.78 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Corvidae)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Theropoda)
Dietomnivore (based on Corvidae)
Reproductionoviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. D. Emslie. 1998. Avian community, climate, and sea-level changes in the Plio-Pleistocene of the Florida Peninsula. Ornithological Monographs (50):1-113
Common Name(s) Scrub Jay, Scrub Jays
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphelocoma

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Aphelocoma californica
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
California Scrub-jay10.13 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
Aphelocoma coerulescens
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Florida Scrub Jay41.81 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
Aphelocoma gracilis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Aphelocoma insularis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Aphelocoma ultramarina
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Aphelocoma unicolor
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Aphelocoma wollweberi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1851Aphelocoma Cabanis
1998Aphelocoma Emslie p. 77
2017Aphelocoma Clements et al.

References

Emslie S. D. (1998) Avian community, climate, and sea-level changes in the Plio-Pleistocene of the Florida Peninsula, Ornithological Monographs 50, 1-113
Clements J. F., Schulenberg T. S., et al (2017) , The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - 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
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
in Cabanis & Heine, Mus. Hein., 1, 1850-51 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
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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