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Jacanidae
Taxonomy
Jacanidae was named by Stejneger (1885). It is extant.
It was corrected as Jaccanidae by Livezey and Zusi (2007).
It was assigned to Parrae by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Charadriiformes by Rasmussen et al. (1987), Carroll (1988) and Clements et al. (2017); and to Scolopaci by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Mayr (2022).
It was corrected as Jaccanidae by Livezey and Zusi (2007).
It was assigned to Parrae by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Charadriiformes by Rasmussen et al. (1987), Carroll (1988) and Clements et al. (2017); and to Scolopaci by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Mayr (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1885 | Jacanidae Stejneger |
| 1987 | Jacanidae Rasmussen et al. p. 7 |
| 1988 | Jaccanidae Carroll |
| 2007 | Jaccanidae Livezey and Zusi p. 92 |
| 2014 | Jacanidae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Jacanidae Clements et al. |
| 2022 | Jacanidae Mayr p. 77 figs. Fig. 5.2 |
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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.
Fm. Jacanidae Stejneger 1885
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G. Jacana Brisson 1760
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†Jacana farrandi Olson 1976
Jacana jacana Linnaeus 1766 [Wattled jacana]
Jacana spinosa Linnaeus 1758 [Northern jacana]
G. †Nupharanassa Rasmussen et al. 1987
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†Nupharanassa bulotorum Rasmussen et al. 1987
†Nupharanassa tolutaria Rasmussen et al. 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.1 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.1 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Rupelian | Egypt (Fayum) | Nupharanassa bulotorum, Janipes nymphaeobates (12960) Nupharanassa tolutaria (12968) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | Jacanidae indet. (18001) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Florida) | Jacana farrandi (18560) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Jacana spinosa (20398) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru | Jacana spinosa (71346) | |
| Holocene | South Africa | Actophilornis africanus (215480) Microparra capensis (215479) | |
| Holocene | Australia (New South Whales) | Irediparra gallinacea (215481) | |
| Holocene | Papua New Guinea | Irediparra gallinacea (215506) | |
| Holocene | India | Metopidius indicus (215508) | |
| Holocene | Bolivia (Chuquisaca) | Jacana sp. (70705) |