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Tringa

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Tringa Linnaeus
1803Totanus Bechstein
1819Symphemia Rafinesque
1827Catoptrophorus Bonaparte
1930Totanus Hay p. 336
1933Totanus Lambrecht p. 534
1933Tringa Lambrecht p. 534
1940Totanus Wetmore p. 58
1956Totanus Wetmore p. 73
1962Catoptrophorus Wetmore p. 10
1992Tringa Emslie p. 263
1992Catoptrophorus Parmalee p. 313
2001Tringa Olson and Rasmussen p. 294
2017Tringa 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()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
familyScolopacidaeRafinesque 1815
genusTringa

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. Tringa Linnaeus 1758
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†Tringa ameghini Campbell 1979 [sandpiper]
†Tringa antiqua Fedducia 1970
Tringa erythropus Pallas 1764 [spotted redshank]
Tringa flavipes Gmelin 1789 [lesser yellowlegs]
Tringa glareola Linnaeus 1758 [wood sandpiper]
Tringa incana Gmelin 1789 [wandering tattler]
Tringa melanoleuca Gmelin 1789 [greater yellowlegs]
Tringa nebularia Gunnerus 1767 [common greenshank]
Tringa ochropus Linnaeus 1758 [green sandpiper]
Tringa semipalmata Gmelin 1789 [willet]
Tringa semipalmata inornata Brewster 1887 [willet]
Tringa solitaria Wilson 1813 [solitary sandpiper]
Tringa totanus Linnaeus 1758 [common redshank]
Invalid names: Catoptrophorus Bonaparte 1827 [synonym], Symphemia Rafinesque 1819 [synonym], Totanus Bechstein 1803 [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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Blancan to the top of the Holocene or 4.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) T. ochropus (52582)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Kansas) T. antiqua (19922)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Florida) T. sp. (19753)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy T. sp. (197789) T. totanus (197790)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) T. sp. (20385)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (South Australia) T. glareola (28364)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) T. ochropus (49816)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece T. totanus (187637)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0United Kingdom T. ochropus (197163)
Rancholabrean (glacial)0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Catoptrophorus inornatus (20624)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) T. flavipes (20491)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Catoptrophorus semipalmatus (192630) Totanus melanoleucus (152008)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, T. ameghini, T. solitaria, Totanus flavipes, Totanus melanoleucas (71346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Azerbaijan T. ochropus, T. erythropus, T. glareola (193354 193356)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Catoptrophorus semipalmatus (82258) T. solitaria (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jordan T. sp. (197945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain T. totanus (215706 215708)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation T. sp., T. ochropus, T. glareola, T. nebularia (194811)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Corse) T. ochropus (215363)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, Totanus melanoleucus, T. solitaria, Totanus flavipes (152599)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) T. melanoleuca, T. solitaria, T. flavipes (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Totanus melanoleucas (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Catoptrophorus semipalmatus (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Catoptrophorus semipalmatus (84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Catoptrophorus semipalmatus (125236) Totanus melanoleucus (190077) T. incana, T. semipalmata (123918)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Totanus melanoleucus (20595) T. melanoleuca, T. solitaria (20573)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Romania T. totanus (197949)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) T. melanoleuca (93326)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Solomon Islands Heteroscelus incanus (209065 209067 209081)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Pitcairn Heteroscelus incanus (193789)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Puerto Rico Catoptrophorus semipalmatus (194583)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) Catoptrophorus semipalmatus (195047)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands Heteroscelus incanus (194995)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga Heteroscelus incanus (194751)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia Heteroscelus incanus (194675)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Catoptrophorus semipalmatus (194905 194906 194907 194912 194913 194914 194926 194927)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Micronesia, Federated States of T. erythropus (194650 194651)