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Numenius americanus (long-billed curlew)

Osteichthyes - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae

Taxonomy
Numenius americanus was named by Bechstein (1812). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. arquatus
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2018-04-16

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1812Numenius americanus Bechstein
1940Numenius americanus Wetmore p. 58
1942Numenius americanus Miller and DeMay p. 111
1956Numenius americanus Wetmore p. 72
1958Numenius americanus Parmalee p. 173
2004Numenius americanus Broughton p. 26 fig. 8
2017Numenius americanus 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
speciesamericanusBechstein 1812

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 americanus Bechstein 1812 [long-billed curlew]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available