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Arenaria interpres (ruddy turnstone)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae

Taxonomy
Arenaria interpres was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Arenaria interpres Linnaeus p. 148
1976Arenaria interpres Campbell p. 162
1982Arenaria interpres Olson and James p. 37
1990Arenaria interpres Olson et al.
1990Arenaria interpres Steadman et al. p. 135
2017Arenaria interpres 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
genusArenariaBrisson 1760
speciesinterpres

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.

Arenaria interpres Linnaeus 1758 [ruddy turnstone]
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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: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Wales) Arenaria interpres (124954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Arenaria interpres (152599)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Arenaria interpres (71346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Arenaria interpres (123918 215552)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) Arenaria interpres (190743)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland Arenaria interpres (227873)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Solomon Islands Arenaria interpres (209099)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Finland Arenaria interpres (177177)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (Wales) Arenaria interpres (125439)