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Podilymbus podiceps (pied-billed grebe)

Reptilia - Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Colymbus podiceps Linnaeus p. 136
1902Podilymbus podiceps Hay p. 524
1930Podilymbus podiceps Hay p. 286
1931Podilymbus podiceps Wetmore p. 12
1940Podilymbus podiceps Wetmore p. 8
1942Podilymbus podiceps Miller and DeMay p. 72
1946Podilymbus podiceps Howard p. 153
1956Podilymbus podiceps Wetmore p. 10
1967Podilymbus podiceps Jehl p. 24
1977Podilymbus podiceps Alvarez p. 208
1992Podilymbus podiceps Emslie p. 251
1992Podilymbus podiceps Parmalee p. 309
2003Podilymbus podiceps Steadman et al.
2010Podilymbus podiceps Guthrie p. 2
2010Podilymbus podiceps Steadman and Mead p. 428
2016Podilymbus podiceps Kilmer and Steadman p. 12 fig. 11
2017Podilymbus podiceps 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
speciespodiceps()

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.

Podilymbus podiceps Linnaeus 1758 [pied-billed grebe]
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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: 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: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (42 total)


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