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Limicolae

Reptilia - Charadriiformes

Taxonomy
Limicolae was named as a suborder. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Grallae by Hay (1902).

It was assigned to Telmatoformes by Lambrecht (1933); and to Charadriiformes by Gadow (1898), Livezey and Zusi (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Limicolae Gadow p. 35
1933Limicolae Lambrecht p. 531
2007Limicolae Livezey and Zusi p. 92

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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()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
suborderLimicolae
suborderLimicolae

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.

Subor. Limicolae
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Infraor. Charadriides
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Superfm. Charadrioidea
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Fm. Charadriidae Vigors 1825 [lapwing]
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G. Anarhynchus Quoy and Gaimard 1830
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Anarhynchus frontalis Quoy and Gaimard 1830 [wrybill]
Subfm. Charadriinae Vigors 1825
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G. †Squatarola Cuvier 1817
G. Charadrius Linnaeus 1758
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Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus 1758 [kentish plover]
Charadrius bicinctus Jardine and Selby 1827 [double-banded plover]
Charadrius collaris Vieillot 1818 [collared plover]
Charadrius leschenaultii Lesson 1826 [greater sand-plover]
Charadrius mongolus Pallas 1776 [lesser sand-plover]
Charadrius montanus Townsend 1837 [mountain plover]
Charadrius morinellus Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian dotterel]
Charadrius nivosus Cassin 1858 [snowy plover]
Charadrius obscurus Gmelin 1789 [red-breasted dotterel]
Charadrius sanctaehelenae Harting 1873 [Saint Helena plover]
Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte 1825 [semipalmated plover]
Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus 1758 [killdeer]
Invalid names: Aegialitis Boie 1822 [synonym], Eudromias Brehm 1831 [synonym], Eupoda Brandt 1845 [synonym], Oxyechus Reichenbach 1852 [synonym]
G. †Dorypaltus Brodkorb 1959 [lapwing]
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†Dorypaltus prophatus Brodkorb 1959 [lapwing]
G. †Jiliniornis Hou and Ericson 2002
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†Jiliniornis huadianensis Hou and Ericson 2002
G. Oreopholus Jardine and Selby 1835
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†Oreopholus orcesi Campbell 1976
G. Pluvialis Brisson 1760
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Pluvialis apricaria Linnaeus 1758 [European golden-plover]
Pluvialis dominica Mueller 1776 [American golden plover]
Pluvialis fulva Gmelin 1789 [Pacific golden-plover]
Pluvialis squatarola Linnaeus 1758 [black-bellied plover]
G. †Pseudosterna Mercerat 1897
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†Pseudosterna degener Mercerat 1897
†Pseudosterna papeana Mercerat 1897
Subfm. Vanellinae Bonaparte 1842 [crested plover]
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G. Belonopterus Reichenbach 1852
G. †Lobivanellus Strickland
G. †Viator Campbell 1979 [lapwing]
G. Vanellus Brisson 1760
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†Vanellus liffyae De Pietri et al. 2018
†Vanellus madagascariensis Goodman 1997 [Malagasy lapwing]
†Vanellus selysi Van Beneden 1871
Vanellus vanellus Linnaeus 1758 [northern lapwing]
Invalid names: Pluvialinae MacGillivray 1852 [empty]
Fm. †Rhegminornithidae Wetmore 1943
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G. †Rhegminornis Wetmore 1943
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†Rhegminornis calobates Wetmore 1943
Invalid names: Oedicnemidae Gray 1840 [empty]
Invalid names: Burhinoidea [empty], Glareoloidea [empty], Haematopoidea [empty]
Infraor. Dromaides
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Fm. Dromadidae Gray 1840
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G. Dromas Paykull 1805 [crab-plover]
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Dromas ardeola Paykull 1805 [crab-plover]
G. †Ocyplanus De Vis 1905
Infraor. Scolopacides
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Invalid names: Scolopacoidea [empty], Thinocoroidea [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available