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Limnodromus (dowitcher)

Osteichthyes - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae

Taxonomy
Limnodromus was named by Wied-Neuwied (1833). It is extant. It was considered unknown by Emslie (1998).

It was assigned to Calidriinae by Wetmore (1956); and to Scolopacidae by Emslie (1992), Emslie (1998), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Limnodromus Wied-Neuwied
1956Limnodromus Wetmore p. 74
1992Limnodromus Emslie p. 264
1998Limnodromus Emslie
2017Limnodromus 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()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
familyScolopacidaeRafinesque 1815
genusLimnodromusWied-Neuwied 1833

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. Limnodromus Wied-Neuwied 1833 [dowitcher]
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Limnodromus griseus Gmelin 1789 [short-billed dowitcher]
Limnodromus scolopaceus Say 1822 [long-billed dowitcher]
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: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.4 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Florida) Limnodromus sp. (19753)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Limnodromus scolopaceus (19750)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Limnodromus scolopaceus (20350)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Limnodromus griseus (150336 152008)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Limnodromus griseus (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Limnodromus scolopaceus (20636) Limnodromus sp. (20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Limnodromus scolopaceus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Limnodromus sp. (85142)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Limnodromus griseus (44954 190077)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Limnodromus sp. (194905 194906 194907 194913 194914 194926)