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Calidris alpina (dunlin)

Osteichthyes - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae

Taxonomy
Tringa alpina was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Pelidna.

It was recombined as Pelidna alpina by Hay (1930); it was recombined as Erolia alpina by Wetmore (1956); it was recombined as Calidris alpina by Clements et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. maritima, C. ruficollis, C. albus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Tringa alpina Linnaeus p. 149
1930Pelidna alpina Hay p. 337
1956Erolia alpina Wetmore p. 74
2017Calidris alpina Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
familyScolopacidaeRafinesque 1815
genusCalidrisGmelin 1789
speciesalpina()

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.

Calidris alpina Linnaeus 1758 [dunlin]
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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: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 0.12900 to 0.01400 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Erolia alpina (152008)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Pelidna alpina (44954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Wales) Calidris alpina (124954 124955)