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Scolopax minor (American woodcock)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae

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

It was recombined as Philohela minor by Wetmore (1962), Parmalee (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Scolopax minor Gmelin
1962Philohela minor Wetmore p. 10
1992Philohela minor Parmalee p. 313
1998Scolopax minor Emslie
2017Scolopax minor Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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
genusScolopaxLinnaeus 1758
speciesminorGmelin 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.

Scolopax minor Gmelin 1789 [American woodcock]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:41:05
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:41:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Scolopax minor (84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Philohela minor (82890)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Philohela minor (82258 103991 104697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Philohela minor (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Scolopax minor (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Philohela minor (154936)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Philohela minor (20595)