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Charadrius montanus (mountain plover)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Charadriidae

Taxonomy
Charadrius montanus was named by Townsend (1837). It is extant.

It was recombined as Eupoda montana by Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1956) and Howard (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Charadrius montanus Townsend
1940Eupoda montana Wetmore p. 56
1942Eupoda montana Miller and DeMay p. 110
1956Eupoda montana Wetmore p. 70
1970Eupoda montana Howard
2017Charadrius montanus 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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
suborderLimicolae
infraorderCharadriides
superfamilyCharadrioidea
familyCharadriidaeVigors 1825
genusCharadrius
speciesmontanusTownsend 1837

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.

Charadrius montanus Townsend 1837 [mountain plover]
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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, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Eupoda montana (190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Charadrius montanus (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Eupoda montana (71670)