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Podilymbus

Reptilia - Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Podilymbus Lesson
1891Podilymbus Shufeldt p. 818
1902Podilymbus Hay p. 524
1930Podilymbus Hay p. 286
1933Podilymbus Lambrecht p. 263
1940Podilymbus Wetmore p. 8
1956Podilymbus Wetmore p. 10
1977Podilymbus Alvarez p. 8207
1990Podilymbus Bickart p. 10
1992Podilymbus Emslie p. 251
1992Podilymbus Parmalee p. 309
2017Podilymbus 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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—NatatoresBaird 1858
—Pygopodotubinares
superorderGaviomorphae
orderPodicipediformesFürbringer 1888
familyPodicipedidaeBonaparte 1831
genusPodilymbusLesson 1831

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. Podilymbus Lesson 1831
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†Podilymbus magnus Schufeldt 1913
Podilymbus podiceps Linnaeus 1758 [pied-billed grebe]
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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) P. podiceps (19752 19753 176340) P. sp. (19764)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) P. podiceps (22712)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) P. podiceps (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) P. podiceps (19750 154721)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) P. sp. (227368)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) P. podiceps (169983)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) P. podiceps (152653)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) P. podiceps (20334 20400 20415)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) P. podiceps (195049)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) P. podiceps (20398 20440 20491)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Sonora) P. podiceps (20495)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) P. podiceps (84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) P. podiceps (93251 176222)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) P. podiceps (154771 154921)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) P. podiceps (154922) P. podiceps, P. magnus (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) P. podiceps (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) P. podiceps (103991 104697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) P. podiceps (85142)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) P. podiceps (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) P. podiceps (44954 176267 190077 215552)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) P. podiceps (20571 20573 20580 20595 20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru P. podiceps (71346)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Georgia) P. podiceps (152113)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Puerto Rico P. podiceps (194583)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) P. podiceps (195047)