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Numenius tahitiensis (bristle-thighed curlew)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae

Taxonomy
Scolopax tahitiensis was named by Gmelin (1789). It is extant.

It was recombined as Numenius tahitiensis by Olson and James (1982), Steadman et al. (1990), Steadman (1991), Steadman and Pahlavan (1992), Steadman (1994) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Scolopax tahitiensis Gmelin
1982Numenius tahitiensis Olson and James p. 36
1990Numenius tahitiensis Steadman et al. p. 134
1991Numenius tahitiensis Steadman p. 340
1992Numenius tahitiensis Steadman and Pahlavan p. 467
1994Numenius tahitiensis Steadman p. 222
2017Numenius tahitiensis 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
genusNumeniusBrisson 1760
speciestahitiensis(Gmelin 1789)

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.

Numenius tahitiensis Gmelin 1789 [bristle-thighed curlew]
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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: 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: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Numenius tahitiensis (110072)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga Numenius tahitiensis (194751)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia Numenius tahitiensis (194675)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cook Islands Numenius tahitiensis (193453)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0American Samoa Numenius tahitiensis (193800)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Hawaii) Numenius tahitiensis (110076)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Solomon Islands Numenius tahitiensis (209067)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Pitcairn Numenius tahitiensis (193763 193764 193786 193788 193789 193790 193791)