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Numenius tahitiensis (bristle-thighed curlew)

Osteichthyes - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae

Taxonomy
Scolopax tahitiensis was named by Gmelin (1789). It is extant.

It was recombined as Numenius tahitiensis by Olson and James (1982), Steadman et al. (1990), Steadman (1991), Steadman and Pahlavan (1992), Steadman (1994), Clements et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2011-05-29; modified by M. Clapham on 2018-04-08

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Scolopax tahitiensis Gmelin
1982Numenius tahitiensis Olson and James p. 36
1990Numenius tahitiensis Steadman et al. p. 134
1991Numenius tahitiensis Steadman p. 340
1992Numenius tahitiensis Steadman and Pahlavan p. 467
1994Numenius tahitiensis Steadman p. 222
2017Numenius tahitiensis Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
familyScolopacidaeRafinesque 1815
genusNumeniusBrisson 1760
speciestahitiensis(Gmelin 1789)

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.

Numenius tahitiensis Gmelin 1789 [bristle-thighed curlew]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available