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Podiceps

Reptilia - Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1787Podiceps Latham
1922Thiornis Longinos Navás p. 59
1933Podiceps Lambrecht p. 262
1933Thiornis Lambrecht p. 475
1953Pliodytes Brodkorb p. 953
1955Pliodytes Brodkorb p. 6
1956Colymbus (Pliodytes) Wetmore p. 9
1964Podiceps Brodkorb p. 203
1967Thiornis Brodkorb p. 124
1977Podiceps Alvarez p. 207
1982Miobaptus Svec
1988Podiceps Carroll
1990Podiceps Bickart p. 11
1990Podiceps Chandler p. 89
1992Podiceps Guthrie p. 320
2001Podiceps Olson and Rasmussen p. 248
2002Podiceps Mlikovsky p. 83
2002Podiceps Varricchio
2008Podiceps Louchart et al. p. 149
2017Podiceps 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)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—NatatoresBaird 1858
—Pygopodotubinares
superorderGaviomorphae
orderPodicipediformesFürbringer 1888
familyPodicipedidaeBonaparte 1831
genusPodicepsLatham 1787

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.

G. Podiceps Latham 1787
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†Podiceps arndti Chandler 1990
Podiceps auritus Linnaeus 1758 [horned grebe]
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Invalid names: Fulica pisana Portis 1887 [synonym], Pliodytes lanquisti Brodkorb 1953 [synonym], Podiceps howardae Storer 2001 [synonym]
Podiceps cristatus Linnaeus 1758 [great crested grebe]
†Podiceps discors Murray 1967
†Podiceps dixi Brodkorb 1963 [grebe]
Podiceps grisegena Boddaert 1783 [red-necked grebe]
Podiceps grisegena holbollii Reinhardt 1854 [red-necked grebe]
†Podiceps miocenicus Kessler 1984
Podiceps nigricollis Brehm 1831 [black-necked grebe]
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Invalid names: Podiceps caspicus Habizl 1783 [replaced]
†Podiceps parvus Schufeldt 1913
†Podiceps sociatus Longinos Navás 1922
†Podiceps subparvus Miller and Bowman 1958
Invalid names: Miobaptus Svec 1982 [synonym], Pliodytes Brodkorb 1953 [synonym], Thiornis Longinos Navás 1922 [synonym]
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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Holocene or 9.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 8.725 Ma

Collections (74 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Florida) Pliodytes lanquisti (122351)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Ethiopia P. sp. (192298)
MN 9 - MN 1011.1 - 8.725Spain (Teruel) Thiornis sociata (44943)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Kansas) Colymbus nigricollis (18140)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) P. howardae, P. auritus (52582)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Tuscany) P. pisanus (49240)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (California) P. arndti (178006 178011 178014 178021) P. arndti, P. subparvus (177990) P. discors (177992 178005) P. subparvus (177996)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy Fulica pisana (47428)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Colymbus parvus (19703)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) P. sp. (22712)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) P. sp. (20384)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) P. caspicus (169983)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) P. auritus, P. nigricollis (176098)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) P. sp. (20400)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Colorado) P. sp. (152653)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Aomori) P. sp. (101897)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Colymbus auritus, Colymbus nigricollis (20639)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) P. grisegena (84881) P. sp. (152008)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014Mexico (Sonora) P. nigricollis (20495)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) P. dixi (20491)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.21 - 0.0USA (California) P. nigricollis (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Colymbus auritus (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) P. nigricollis (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) P. auritus (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Aomori) P. sp. (101898 210642)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) P. auritus (20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Azerbaijan P. nigricollis (193356)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) P. caspicus (71670)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Mexico) P. parvus (71320)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) P. auritus (57706 73485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Chile (O'Higgins) P. major (71280)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Colymbus auritus, Colymbus holbellii (176222) Colymbus parvus, Colymbus nigricollis (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jordan P. sp. (197945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation P. grisegena, P. cristatus (194811)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) P. auritus, P. nigricollis (120829 215552) P. nigricollis (20273 120827 120830 125235 125236 176102) P. parvus (176267 236636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Russian Federation P. auritus, P. nigricollis (194812)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) P. nigricollis (93326)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Finland P. sp. (209130 209134 209144)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bolivia (Chuquisaca) P. minor, P. cornutus (70705)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand P. cristatus (100554 194619)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (North Island) P. cristatus (215544)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation P. grisegena, P. cristatus (194810)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) P. auritus, P. nigricollis (194906) P. nigricollis (194925 194926) P. sp. (194905 194908) P. sp., P. auritus, P. nigricollis (194912 194914) P. sp., P. nigricollis (194907 194927)