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Recurvirostra americana (American avocet)
Taxonomy
Recurvirostra americana was named by Gmelin (1789). It is extant.
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2018-04-14
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1789 | Recurvirostra americana Gmelin |
| 1930 | Recurvirostra americana Hay p. 338 |
| 1940 | Recurvirostra americana Wetmore p. 60 |
| 1942 | Recurvirostra americana Miller and DeMay p. 112 |
| 1956 | Recurvirostra americana Wetmore p. 75 |
| 1973 | Recurvirostra americana Brodkorb and Phillips p. 440 |
| 2004 | Recurvirostra americana Broughton p. 26 |
| 2017 | Recurvirostra americana Clements et al. |
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Recurvirostra americana Gmelin 1789 [American avocet]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Recurvirostra americana (20595) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Mexico) | Recurvirostra americana (71320) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | Recurvirostra americana (93251) | |
| Holocene | USA (California) | Recurvirostra americana (194907 194917) |