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Scolopax

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae

Taxonomy
Scolopax was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type genus of Scolopacidae. It was considered unknown by Emslie (1998).

It was assigned to Scolopacidae by Emslie (1992), Emslie (1998) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Scolopax Linnaeus
1992Scolopax Emslie p. 264
1998Scolopax Emslie pp. 54-55
2017Scolopax 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
genusScolopaxLinnaeus 1758

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. Scolopax Linnaeus 1758
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†Scolopax hutchensi Emslie 1998 [snipe]
Scolopax minor Gmelin 1789 [American woodcock]
Scolopax mira Hartert 1916 [Amami woodcock]
†Scolopax mira ohyamai Matsuoka and Hasegawa 2018
Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian woodcock]
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, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Australia (Northern Territory) S. sp. (13315)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) S. sp. (19753)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) S. hutchensi (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Mallorca) S. rusticola (214536)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) S. rusticola (125463)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy S. rusticola (197789)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Castilla-Leon) S. rusticola (34870)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) S. hutchensi (20350 20385)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy S. rusticola (197786 197927)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) S. rusticola (175900)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco S. rusticola (191730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Philohela minor (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) S. minor (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Philohela minor (82258 103991 104697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan S. mira (193440 193442 193444)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Okinawa) S. rusticola, S. mira (192971)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Philohela minor (20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) S. minor (84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Philohela minor (82890)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Philohela minor (154936)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) S. rusticola (92902 182810 192948 192949 192950 192951 192955 192957 192958 192959)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Romania S. rusticola (197949)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Finland S. rusticola (209128 209131)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (England) S. rusticola (125446)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Haiti S. n. sp. (194483)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation S. rusticola (194810)