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Rissa

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae

Taxonomy
Rissa was named by Stephens (1826). It is extant.

It was reranked as Larus (Rissa) by Bruch (1853).

It was assigned to Larus by Bruch (1853); to Lareae by Coues (1862); to Larinae by Chandler (1990); and to Laridae by Guthrie (1992), Smith (2011) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Rissa Stephens
1853Larus (Rissa) Bruch
1862Rissa Coues p. 293
1990Rissa Chandler p. 132
1992Rissa Guthrie p. 323
2011Rissa Smith p. 30 figs. Figure 14
2017Rissa 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)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
suborderLariSharpe 1891
infraorderLarides
superfamilyLaroideaStejneger 1885
familyLaridaeVigors 1825
genusRissaStephens 1826

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. Rissa Stephens 1826
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Rissa brevirostris Bruch 1853 [red-legged kittiwake]
†Rissa estesi Chandler 1990
Rissa kotzebui Boneparte 1853
Rissa tridactyla Linnaeus 1758 [black-legged kittiwake]
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, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) R. estesi (178007 178017)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) R. tridactyla (176098)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) R. tridactyla (123918 125234 176102 190077 215552)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway (Sunnmore) R. tridactyla (125317)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom R. tridactyla (124956)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway R. tridactyla (73689)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy R. tridactyla (197957)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) R. brevirostris (177178)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) R. tridactyla (228896)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Washington) R. tridactyla (215546)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland R. tridactyla (162014)