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Tachybaptus
Taxonomy
Tachybaptus was named by Reichenbach (1853). It is extant.
It was assigned to Podicipedidae by Emslie (1998) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Podicipedidae by Emslie (1998) and Clements et al. (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1853 | Tachybaptus Reichenbach |
1998 | Tachybaptus Emslie |
2017 | Tachybaptus Clements et al. |
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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. Tachybaptus Reichenbach 1853
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Tachybaptus dominicus Linnaeus 1766 [least grebe]
Tachybaptus ruficollis Pallas 1764 [little grebe]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.806 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.806 Ma
Collections (7 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Gelasian | USA (Florida) | T. dominicus (20384) | |
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Granada) | T. ruficollis (35078) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Italy | T. ruficollis (197926) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | East Timor | T. sp. (204407) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Jordan | T. ruficollis (197945) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru | Podiceps dominicus (71346) | |
Holocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | T. dominicus (195047) |