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Tringa ochropus (green sandpiper)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae

Taxonomy
Tringa ochropus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type specimen is 1.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Tringa ochropus Linnaeus
2001Tringa ochropus Olson and Rasmussen p. 294
2008Tringa ochropus Zelenkov et al.
2017Tringa ochropus 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
speciesochropus

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.

Tringa ochropus Linnaeus 1758 [green sandpiper]
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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: Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Tringa ochropus (52582)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) Tringa ochropus (49816)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0United Kingdom Tringa ochropus (197163)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Corse) Tringa ochropus (215363)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Azerbaijan Tringa ochropus (193354 193356)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Tringa ochropus (194811)