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Cinclidae (dipper)

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Cinclidae

Taxonomy
Cinclidae was named by Sundevall (1836). It is extant. Its type is Cinclus.

It was assigned to Muscicapoidea by Zuccon et al. (2006); and to Passeriformes by Clements et al. (2017).

Subtaxa
Cinclus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Cinclidae Sundevall
2006Cinclidae Zuccon et al.
2017Cinclidae 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()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyCinclidaeSundevall 1836
familyCinclidaeSundevall 1836

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.

Fm. Cinclidae Sundevall 1836 [dipper]
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G. Cinclus Borkhausen 1797 [dipper]
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Cinclus cinclus Linnaeus 1758 [white-throated dipper]
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: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 17:41:24
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:41:24
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Lein 1972, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 1.80000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Castilla-Leon) Cinclus cinclus (34870)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece Cinclus cinclus (199938)