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Phalaropus

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae

Taxonomy
Phalaropus was named by Brisson (1760) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Limicolae by Shufeldt (1891); to Charadriiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Scolopacidae by Hay (1902), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1760Phalaropus Brisson
1817Lobipes Cuvier
1818Steganopus Viellot
1891Phalaropus Shufeldt p. 819
1902Phalaropus Hay p. 527
1930Lobipes Hay p. 339
1940Lobipes Wetmore p. 60
1956Lobipes Wetmore p. 75
1979Steganopus Campbell
2002Phalaropus Sepkoski
2017Phalaropus 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
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—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
genusPhalaropusBrisson 1760

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. Phalaropus Brisson 1760
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Phalaropus fulicarius Linnaeus 1758 [red phalarope]
Phalaropus lobatus Linnaeus 1758 [red-necked phalarope]
Phalaropus tricolor Vieillot 1819 [Wilson's phalarope]
Invalid names: Lobipes Cuvier 1817 [synonym], Steganopus Viellot 1818 [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: 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, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.21 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Colorado) P. lobatus (152653)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) P. fulicarius (152008)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) P. fulicaria (120827 125236 176102) P. lobatus (176267 236636) P. lobatus, P. fulicarius (123918) P. lobatus, P. fulicarius, P. tricolor (215552)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) P. lobatus, P. tricolor (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Aomori) P. lobatus (101898 210642)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Lobipes lobatus (93251) P. lobatus (176222)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation P. lobatus (194811)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Steganopus sp., P. fulicarius, Lobipes lobatus, Steganopus tricolor (152599)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Lobipes lobatus, Steganopus tricolor (71346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Russian Federation P. fulicarius (194812)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico P. lobatus (215476)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) P. sp. (228921)