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Limnodromus griseus (short-billed dowitcher)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae

Taxonomy
Scolopax grisea was named by Gmelin (1789). It is extant. It is the type species of Macrorhamphus.

It was recombined as Macrorhamphus griseus by Hay (1930); it was recombined as Limnodromus griseus by Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1956) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Scolopax grisea Gmelin
1930Macrorhamphus griseus Hay p. 337
1942Limnodromus griseus Miller and DeMay p. 112
1956Limnodromus griseus Wetmore p. 74
2017Limnodromus griseus 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()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
familyScolopacidaeRafinesque 1815
genusLimnodromusWied-Neuwied 1833
speciesgriseus(Gmelin 1789)

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.

Limnodromus griseus Gmelin 1789 [short-billed dowitcher]
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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: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 0.12900 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Limnodromus griseus (150336 152008)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Limnodromus griseus (44954 190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Limnodromus griseus (93251)