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Gallinago (snipe)
Taxonomy
Gallinago was named by Brisson (1760). It is extant. It was considered unknown by Emslie (1998).
It was assigned to Scolopacidae by Emslie (1992), Emslie (1998), Meijer et al. (2013), Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Scolopacidae by Emslie (1992), Emslie (1998), Meijer et al. (2013), Clements et al. (2017).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1760 | Gallinago Brisson |
| 1801 | Capella Frenzel |
| 1930 | Capella Hay p. 337 |
| 1933 | Capella Lambrecht p. 539 |
| 1940 | Capella Wetmore p. 58 |
| 1956 | Capella Wetmore p. 71 |
| 1982 | Capella Parmalee and Klippel p. 366 |
| 1992 | Gallinago Emslie p. 264 |
| 1994 | Capella Morgan p. 468 |
| 1998 | Gallinago Emslie |
| 2013 | Gallinago Meijer et al. p. 883 |
| 2017 | Gallinago Clements et al. |
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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.
G. Gallinago Brisson 1760 [snipe]
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†Gallinago azovica Zelenkov and Panteleyev 2015
Gallinago delicata Ord 1825 [Wilson's snipe]
Gallinago gallinago Linnaeus 1758 [common snipe]
Gallinago hardwickii Gray 1831 [Latham's snipe]
†Gallinago kakuki Steadman and Takano 2016
Gallinago media Latham 1787 [great snipe]
Gallinago megala Swinhoe 1861 [Swinhoe's snipe]
Gallinago paraguaiae Vieillot 1816 [South American snipe]
Gallinago paraguaiae magellanica King 1828 [Magellanic snipe]
Gallinago stenura Bonaparte 1831 [pin-tailed snipe]
Invalid names: Capella Frenzel 1801 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.09 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.09 Ma
Collections (54 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Turolian | Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') | Gallinago azovica (174455) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Capella media (52582) | |
| Blancan | USA (Florida) | Gallinago sp. (19753) | |
| Gelasian | USA (Florida) | Gallinago gallinago (20384) | |
| Calabrian | Spain (Palencia) | Gallinago sp. (213667 221566) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Gallinago gallinago (20385) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Gallinago hardwickii (28364) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Capella delicata (20491) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (California) | Capella gallinago (152008) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Gallinago gallinago (125321) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) | Gallinago sp. (144663) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Wyoming) | Capella gallinago (93277) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy | Gallinago gallinago (197769 197773 197774) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Cuba | Capella sp. (209853 209854) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bahamas | Capella delicata (194589) Gallinago kakuki (209850) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Portugal | Gallinago sp. (197768) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | Cuba (Pinar del Rio) | Capella sp. (92812) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Azerbaijan | Gallinago gallinago (193356) Gallinago gallinago, Gallinago media (193354) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Cayman Islands | Capella sp., Gallinago kakuki (209851) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Capella delicata (190077) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan (Aomori) | Gallinago sp. (101898 210642) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Capella gallinago (103991) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Florida) | Gallinago gallinago (154722) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Venezuela (Zulia) | Gallinago sp. 2, Gallinago sp. 3, Gallinago paraguaiae (63515) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Tennessee) | Capella gallinago (82890) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) | Gallinago sp. (68064 68067 68068 193373 193382 193384 193385 193386 193387 193388 193389) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Capella gallinago (20595) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Gallinago hardwickii (181314) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Russian Federation | Gallinago sp., Gallinago gallinago, Gallinago megala, Gallinago stenura (194811) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Cayman Islands | Capella sp., Gallinago kakuki (209852) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Bahamas (New Providence Island) | Capella sp. (144649 194590) Gallinago kakuki (194588) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Turks and Caicos Islands (Middle Caicos) | Gallinago kakuki (190750) | |
| Holocene | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | Gallinago magellanica (194620) | |
| Holocene | Russian Federation | Gallinago sp. (194810) | |
| Holocene | Pitcairn | Gallinago sp. (193790) |