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Calidris melanotos (pectoral sandpiper)
Taxonomy
Tringa melanotos was named by Vieillot (1819). It is extant.
It was recombined as Erolia melanotos by Jehl (1967) and Campbell (1976); it was recombined as Calidris melanotos by Olson and Rasmussen (2001) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Erolia melanotos by Jehl (1967) and Campbell (1976); it was recombined as Calidris melanotos by Olson and Rasmussen (2001) and Clements et al. (2017).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1819 | Tringa melanotos Vieillot |
| 1967 | Erolia melanotos Jehl p. 27 |
| 1976 | Erolia melanotos Campbell p. 161 |
| 2001 | Calidris melanotos Olson and Rasmussen p. 294 |
| 2017 | Calidris melanotos 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.
Calidris melanotos Vieillot 1819 [pectoral sandpiper]
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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: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Calidris melanotos (52582) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Calidris melanotos (123918) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ecuador | Erolia melanotos (152599) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | Erolia melanotos (93251) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Wyoming) | Calidris melanotos (93277) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru | Erolia melanotos (71346) |