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Limnodromus (dowitcher)
Taxonomy
Limnodromus was named by Wied-Neuwied (1833). It is extant. It was considered unknown by Emslie (1998).
It was assigned to Calidriinae by Wetmore (1956); and to Scolopacidae by Emslie (1992), Emslie (1998) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Calidriinae by Wetmore (1956); and to Scolopacidae by Emslie (1992), Emslie (1998) and Clements et al. (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1833 | Limnodromus Wied-Neuwied |
1956 | Limnodromus Wetmore p. 74 |
1992 | Limnodromus Emslie p. 264 |
1998 | Limnodromus Emslie |
2017 | Limnodromus 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. Limnodromus Wied-Neuwied 1833 [dowitcher]
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Limnodromus griseus Gmelin 1789 [short-billed dowitcher]
Limnodromus scolopaceus Say 1822 [long-billed dowitcher]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower 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
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma
Collections (17 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Blancan | USA (Florida) | Limnodromus sp. (19753) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Limnodromus scolopaceus (19750) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Limnodromus scolopaceus (20350) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (California) | Limnodromus griseus (150336) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Texas) | Limnodromus sp. (85142) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Limnodromus scolopaceus (20636) Limnodromus sp. (20595) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Florida) | Limnodromus scolopaceus (154722) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Limnodromus griseus (44954 190077) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | Limnodromus griseus (93251) | |
Holocene | USA (California) | Limnodromus sp. (194905 194906 194907 194913 194914 194926) |