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Burhinus (thick-knee)

Osteichthyes - Charadriiformes - Burhinidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1811Burhinus Illiger
1815Oedicnemus Temminck
1959Burhinus Brodkorb
1981Burhinus Bickart p. 274
1988Burhinus Carroll
2014Burhinus del Hoyo et al.
2017Burhinus 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()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
familyBurhinidaeMathews 1912
genusBurhinus

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. Burhinus Illiger 1811 [thick-knee]
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Burhinus bistriatus Wagler 1829 [double-striped thick-knee]
Burhinus capensis Lichtenstein 1823 [spotted thick-knee]
Burhinus grallarius Latham 1801 [Bush thick-knee]
Burhinus indicus Salvadori 1865 [Indian thick-knee]
†Burhinus lucorum Bickart 1981
†Burhinus nanus Brodkorb 1959 [Bahama thick-knee]
Burhinus oedicnemus Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian thick-knee]
Burhinus senegalensis Swainson 1837 [Senegal thick-knee]
Burhinus superciliaris von Tschudi 1843 [Peruvian thick-knee]
Burhinus vermiculatus Cabanis 1868 [Water thick-knee]
Invalid names: Oedicnemus Temminck 1815 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Holocene or 18.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 16.3 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Nebraska) Burhinus lucorum (18001)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Cuba (Matanzas) Burhinus sp. (152870)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Burhinus sp. (71670)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Burhinus superciliaris (71346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Burhinus superciliaris (152599)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) Burhinus sp. (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) Burhinus bistriatus (144649) Burhinus nanus (194588 194590)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Burhinus capensis (177147)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands Burhinus sp. (209855)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Portugal (Setúbal District) Burhinus oedicnemus (276424)