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Calidris
Taxonomy
Calidris was named by Gmelin (1789). It is extant.
It was assigned to Calidriinae by Wetmore (1956); and to Scolopacidae by Brodkorb (1955), Alvarez (1977) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Calidriinae by Wetmore (1956); and to Scolopacidae by Brodkorb (1955), Alvarez (1977) and Clements et al. (2017).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1789 | Calidris Gmelin |
1804 | Philomachus Merrem |
1811 | Ereunetes Illeger |
1816 | Limicola Koch |
1858 | Micropalama Baird |
1924 | Micropalama Wetmore p. 11 |
1930 | Micropalama Hay p. 337 |
1933 | Micropalama Lambrecht p. 538 |
1955 | Calidris Brodkorb p. 22 |
1955 | Erolia Brodkorb p. 22 |
1956 | Calidris Wetmore p. 73 |
1956 | Erolia Wetmore p. 74 |
1956 | Micropalama Wetmore p. 74 |
1962 | Erolia Wetmore p. 10 |
1963 | Ereunetes Brodkorb p. 4 |
1966 | Erolia Howard p. 11 |
1977 | Calidris Alvarez p. 217 |
1979 | Micropalama Campbell |
2017 | Calidris Clements et al. |
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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. Calidris Gmelin 1789
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Calidris alba Pallas 1764 [sanderling]
Calidris alpina Linnaeus 1758 [dunlin]
†Calidris binagadensis Serebrovsky 1940
Calidris canutus Linnaeus 1758 [red knot]
Calidris falcinellus Pontoppidan 1763 [broad-billed sandpiper]
Calidris ferruginea Pontoppidan 1763 [curlew sandpiper]
Calidris fuscicollis Vieillot 1819 [white-rumped sandpiper]
Calidris himantopus Bonaparte 1826 [stilt sandpiper]
Calidris mauri Cabanis 1857 [western sandpiper]
Calidris melanotos Vieillot 1819 [pectoral sandpiper]
Calidris minuta Leisler 1812 [little stint]
Calidris minutilla Viellot 1816 [least sandpiper]
†Calidris pacis Brodkorb 1955
Calidris pugnax Linnaeus 1758 [ruff]
Calidris pusilla Linnaeus 1766 [semipalmated sandpiper]
Calidris temminckii Leisler 1812 [Temminck's stint]
Invalid names: Ereunetes Illeger 1811 [synonym], Erolia [synonym], Limicola Koch 1816 [synonym], Micropalama Baird 1858 [synonym], Philomachus Merrem 1804 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Holocene or 10.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma
Collections (47 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Tortonian | USA (Florida) | C. pacis, Erolia penepusilla (122351) | |
Hemphillian | USA (Florida) | Ereunetes rayi (18560) | |
Late/Upper Hemphillian | Mexico (Chihuahua) | Erolia sp. (18755) | |
Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | C. melanotos (52582) | |
Piacenzian | USA (Florida) | C. albus, C. canutus (22712) | |
Pleistocene | USA (California) | C. mauri (176098) | |
Pleistocene | Mexico (Jalisco) | C. fusicollis (169983) | |
Calabrian | Italy | Philomachus pugnax (197789 197790) | |
Calabrian | Spain (Palencia) | C. sp. (213667) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | C. ruficollis (28364) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Greece | C. ferruginea (199939) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Roma) | C. temminckii (44090) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | C. pusilla (20398) | |
Rancholabrean - Holocene | USA (California) | C. mauri (84904) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Wales) | C. alpina (124954 124955) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Jordan | C. sp., Philomachus pugnax (197945) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Venezuela (Zulia) | C. sp., C. fuscicollis, C. canutus (63515) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Russian Federation | C. sp. (194811) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Crete) | C. canutus (192949) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | East Timor | C. sp. (204407) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Azerbaijan | C. minuta, C. pugnax, Limicola falcinellus, C. binagadensis (193356) Limicola falcinellus (193354) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru | Erolia minutilla, Micropalama chapmani, Erolia melanotos, Micropalama himantopus (71346) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | C. alba (120829 125236 215552) C. melanotos, C. alba, C. mauri (123918) Pelidna alpina (44954) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | Erolia melanotos (93251) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | C. canutus (197938) C. maritima (150207) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Erolia minutilla (82258) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ecuador | Erolia melanotos, Micropalama himantopus, C. canutus, Ereunetes mauri, Ereunetes pusillus (152599) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Wyoming) | C. melanotos (93277) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Russian Federation | Philomachus pugnax (194812) | |
Holocene | Greenland | C. canutus (162014 227817 227875) | |
Holocene | Antigua and Barbuda | C. spp. (94615) | |
Holocene | Finland | Philomachus pugnax (177177) | |
Holocene | USA (California) | C. alba (194906) C. sp. (194908) | |
Holocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | C. minutilla (195047) | |
Holocene | France (Corse) | C. canutus (215378) C. sp. (215376) |