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Limosa (godwit)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae

Taxonomy
Limosa was named by Brisson (1760). It is extant. Its type is Scolopax limosa.

It was assigned to Tringinae by Hay (1930); to Limosinae by Lambrecht (1933); to Calidriinae by Wetmore (1956); and to Scolopacidae by Brodkorb (1955) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1760Limosa Brisson
1930Limosa Hay p. 338
1933Limosa Lambrecht p. 540
1955Limosa Brodkorb p. 24
1956Limosa Wetmore p. 74
2017Limosa 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
genusLimosaBrisson 1760

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. Limosa Brisson 1760 [godwit]
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Limosa fedoa Linnaeus 1758 [marbled godwit]
Limosa lapponica Linnaeus 1758 [bar-tailed godwit]
Limosa limosa Linnaeus 1758 [black-tailed godwit]
†Limosa vanrossemi Miller 1925
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 Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.62000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) Limosa vanrossemi (45489)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Florida) Limosa sp. (122351)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Castilla-Leon) Limosa limosa (34870)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Limosa fedoa (20639)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Limosa fedoa (152008)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Limosa sp. (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Limosa fedoa (152599)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Limosa limosa (124956)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Limosa fedoa (120827 190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Limosa sp. (197771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Russian Federation Limosa limosa (194812)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Illinois) Limosa fedoa (195055)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) Limosa fedoa (195047)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Limosa fedoa (194905 194906 194907 194908 194912 194913 194914 194915 194917 194918 194925 194926)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Limosa lapponica (100554 194619)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Norfolk Island Limosa lapponica (194562 194563 194566 194567)