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Gaviidae

Osteichthyes - Gaviidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Gaviidae Allen
1930Gaviidae Hay p. 284
1940Gaviidae Wetmore p. 6
1943Gaviidae Wetmore p. 64
1955Gaviidae Brodkorb p. 4
1956Gaviidae Storer p. 425
1958Gaviidae Miller and Bowman p. 4
1972Gaviidae Howard p. 3
1976Gaviidae Harrison and Walker p. 326
1978Gaviidae Howard p. 487
1982Gaviidae Howard p. 3
1988Gaviidae Carroll
1990Gaviidae Chandler p. 85
1992Gaviidae Guthrie p. 320
1992Gaviidae Olson p. 122
1992Gaviidae Parmalee p. 309
2001Gaviidae Olson and Rasmussen p. 241
2002Gaviidae Chatterjee p. 128
2004Gaviidae Mayr p. 282
2007Gaviidae Livezey and Zusi p. 90
2011Gaviidae Mayr p. 73 figs. Figure 5
2011Gaviidae Mayr and Zvonok p. 1354
2014Gaviidae del Hoyo et al.
2017Gaviidae 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
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Gaviiformes(Wetmore and Miller 1926)
familyGaviidaeAllen 1897
familyGaviidaeAllen 1897

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. Gaviidae Allen 1897
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G. †Colymbiculus Mayr and Zvonok 2011
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†Colymbiculus udovichenkoi Mayr and Zvonok 2011
G. †Colymboides Milne-Edwards 1867
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†Colymboides anglicus Lydekker 1891
†Colymboides metzleri Mayr 2004
†Colymboides minutus Milne-Edwards 1868
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Invalid names: Hydrornis natator Milne-Edwards 1878 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dyspetornis Oberholser 1905 [synonym], Hydrornis Milne-Edwards 1868 [synonym]
G. Gavia Forster 1788
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Gavia adamsii Gray 1859 [Yellow-billed loon]
Gavia arctica Linnaeus 1758 [Arctic loon]
†Gavia brodkorbi Howard 1978
†Gavia concinna Wetmore 1940
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Invalid names: Gavia palaeodytes Wetmore 1943 [synonym]
†Gavia egeriana Svec 1982
†Gavia fortis Olson and Rasmussen 2001
†Gavia howardae Brodkorb 1953
Gavia immer Brunnich 1764 [Common loon]
†Gavia moldavica Kessler 1984
Gavia pacifica Lawrence 1858 [Pacific loon]
†Gavia paradoxa Umans'ka 1981
†Gavia pusilla Shufeldt 1915
†Gavia schultzi Mlíkovský 1998
Gavia stellata Pontoppidan 1763 [Red-throated loon]
Subfm. †Gaviellinae Wetmore 1940
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G. †Gaviella Wetmore 1940
Invalid names: Colymboidinae [empty], Gaviinae [empty]
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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 48.07000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (96 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Ukraine (Luhansk) Colymbiculus udovichenkoi (120885)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Wyoming) Gavia pusilla (17134)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Belgium Colymboides belgicus (31748)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Colymboides metzleri (68021)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Gaviidae indet. (71942)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France (Auvergne) Colymboides minutus (125333)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.04 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Colymboides sp., Gavia egeriana (48887)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Delaware) Gavia sp. (18579)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Gavia sp. (125137)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Virginia) Gavia sp. (57700)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Florida) Gavia concinna, Gavia palaeodytes (122350 122351)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (California) Gavia brodkorbi (13300) Gavia sp. (50069)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Ukraine Gavia paradoxa (39816)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Gavia howardae, Gavia concinna, Gavia fortis (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Gavia concinna (125338)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (California) Gavia howardae (178011 178015 178021 178163) Gavia sp. (178167) Gavia sp., Gavia howardae (178016)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Gavia concinna (13451) Gavia howardae (46067) Gavia howardae, Gavia concinna (19703) Gavia sp. (52218)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) Gavia pacifica (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Taiwan (Chiayi) Gavia sp., Gavia stellata (232679)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Gavia sp. (104663)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Gavia immer (82256)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Gavia immer (176093)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Gavia concinna (20334 20400)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Gavia immer, Gavia arctica (20639)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Chiba) Gavia stellata (56359)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Gavia immer (84881)
Rancholabrean (glacial)0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Gavia immer, Gavia arctica, Gavia stellata (20624)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.21 - 0.0USA (California) Gavia pacifica (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Gavia immer (20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Aomori) Gavia stellata (101898)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Gavia arctica (20273 120829 125234 125236) Gavia immer (59063 176102 215552) Gavia pacifica (120827 125237) Gavia sp. (190889)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Gavia immer (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Gavia immer (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Gavia sp. (215694)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Gavia sp. (20585 20644 20646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Russian Federation Gavia sp. (194812)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Gavia immer (194909) Gavia immer, Gavia stellata (194905 194908) Gavia sp. (194913) Gavia sp., Gavia immer, Gavia stellata (194906 194912 194914 194927 194928) Gavia sp., Gavia stellata (194926) Gavia stellata (194880 194907)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Gavia immer (122303 195050)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation Gavia arctica, Gavia stellata (194810)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Gavia arctica (228444) Gavia immer, Gavia arctica, Gavia stellata (228921)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Gavia arctica, Gavia stellata (220460)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Yukon) Gavia arctica, Gavia adamsii (228443)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Finland Gavia arctica (209145) Gavia sp. (209130 209133 209134 209135 209136 209150 209157 209160 209161 209164) Gavia stellata (209159)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Gavia adamsii (229489) Gavia arctica (228896) Gavia sp. (228898) Gavia stellata (160848 229484)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Ukraine Gavia arctica (215547)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Gavia immer (224189)