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Scolopax

Reptilia - Theropoda - Scolopacidae

Taxonomy
Scolopax was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type genus of Scolopacidae. It was considered unknown by Emslie (1998).

It was assigned to Scolopacidae by Emslie (1992), Emslie (1998) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Scolopax Linnaeus
1992Scolopax Emslie p. 264
1998Scolopax Emslie pp. 54-55
2017Scolopax 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()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
familyScolopacidaeRafinesque 1815
genusScolopaxLinnaeus 1758

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. Scolopax Linnaeus 1758
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Scolopax hutchensi Emslie 1998 [snipe]
Scolopax minor Gmelin 1789 [American woodcock]
Scolopax mira Hartert 1916 [Amami woodcock]
Scolopax mira ohyamai Matsuoka and Hasegawa 2018
Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian woodcock]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available