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Numenius americanus (long-billed curlew)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Scolopacidae

Taxonomy
Numenius americanus was named by Bechstein (1812). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1812Numenius americanus Bechstein
1940Numenius americanus Wetmore p. 58
1942Numenius americanus Miller and DeMay p. 111
1956Numenius americanus Wetmore p. 72
1958Numenius americanus Parmalee p. 173
2004Numenius americanus Broughton p. 26 fig. 8
2017Numenius americanus 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()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
familyScolopacidaeRafinesque 1815
genusNumeniusBrisson 1760
speciesamericanusBechstein 1812

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.

Numenius americanus Bechstein 1812 [long-billed curlew]
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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: Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Numenius americanus (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Numenius americanus (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Numenius americanus (44954 190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Numenius americanus (20595)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Illinois) Numenius americanus (195052 195057)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Numenius americanus (194905 194906 194907 194908 194909 194910 194911 194912 194913 194914 194916 194917 194925 194926 194927 194928)