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Cinclus (dipper)

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Cinclidae

Taxonomy

Cinclus was named by Borkhausen (1797). It is extant. It is the type genus of Cinclidae.

It was assigned to Cinclidae by Clements et al. (2017).

Species

C. cinclus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1797	Cinclus Borkhausen
2017	Cinclus Clements et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
—	Neognathae	(Pycraft 1900)
order	Passeriformes	Linnaeus 1758
family	Cinclidae	Sundevall 1836
genus	Cinclus	Borkhausen 1797

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. Cinclus Borkhausen 1797 [dipper]

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Cinclus cinclus Linnaeus 1758 [white-throated dipper]

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:

terrestrialf

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

volantf

Diet:

insectivoref

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2009-01-03 17:41:24

Modified:

2009-01-03 19:41:24

Source: f = family, o = order

References: Marsh 1875, Lein 1972

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 1.80000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Calabrian	1.8 - 0.774	Spain (Castilla-Leon)	Cinclus cinclus (34870)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	Greece	Cinclus cinclus (199938)