Aves - Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Parent taxon: Charadriidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Meijer et al. 2013, Olson and James 1982, Olson and Rasmussen 2001 and Worthy and Burley 2019
Sister taxa: Anarhynchus, Charadriinae, Charadrius, Dorypaltus, Jiliniornis, Oreopholus, Pluvialinae, Pseudosterna, Vanellinae, Vanellus
Subtaxa: Pluvialis apricaria Pluvialis dominica Pluvialis fulva Pluvialis squatarola
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Cook Islands (1), Ecuador (1), French Polynesia (1), Indonesia (3), Italy (2), Micronesia (2), New Caledonia (1), Norfolk Island (6), Northern Mariana Islands (5), Peru (1), Pitcairn (1), the Russian Federation (1), Solomon Islands (4), Spain (2), Tonga (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (10: California, Virginia)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 47 collections including 49 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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