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Podiceps auritus (horned grebe)

Reptilia - Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae

Taxonomy
Colymbus auritus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type specimen is 1. It is the type species of Colymbus.

It was recombined as Colymbus (Dytes) auritus by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); it was recombined as Podiceps auritus by Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Mlikovsky (2002), Broughton (2004), Zelenkov et al. (2008) and Clements et al. (2017).

Subspecies
P. cornutus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Colymbus auritus Linnaeus
1887Fulica pisana Portis
1891Fulica pisana Portis
1902Colymbus auritus Hay p. 523
1902Podiceps pisanus Regalia p. 233
1930Colymbus auritus Hay p. 285
1931Colymbus auritus Wetmore p. 12
1933Podiceps pisanus Lambrecht p. 262
1940Colymbus (Dytes) auritus Wetmore p. 7
1953Pliodytes lanquisti Brodkorb p. 953
1955Pliodytes lanquisti Brodkorb p. 6
1956Colymbus (Dytes) auritus Wetmore p. 8
1956Colymbus (Pliodytes) lanquisti Wetmore p. 9
2001Podiceps auritus Olson and Rasmussen p. 248
2001Podiceps howardae Storer p. 227 figs. Figure 1
2002Podiceps auritus Mlikovsky p. 86
2004Podiceps auritus Broughton p. 13
2008Podiceps auritus Zelenkov et al.
2017Podiceps auritus 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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—NatatoresBaird 1858
—Pygopodotubinares
superorderGaviomorphae
orderPodicipediformesFürbringer 1888
familyPodicipedidaeBonaparte 1831
genusPodicepsLatham 1787
speciesauritus()

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.

Podiceps auritus Linnaeus 1758 [horned grebe]
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Invalid names: Fulica pisana Portis 1887 [synonym], Pliodytes lanquisti Brodkorb 1953 [synonym], Podiceps howardae Storer 2001 [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: 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: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.62000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Florida) Pliodytes lanquisti (122351)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Podiceps howardae, Podiceps auritus (52582)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Tuscany) Podiceps pisanus (49240)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy Fulica pisana (47428)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Podiceps auritus (176098)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Colymbus auritus (20639)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Colymbus auritus (176222)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Podiceps auritus (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Podiceps auritus (120829 215552)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Podiceps auritus (57706 73485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Colymbus auritus (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Podiceps auritus (20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Russian Federation Podiceps auritus (194812)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Podiceps auritus (194906 194912 194914)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bolivia (Chuquisaca) Podiceps cornutus (70705)