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Gallinago gallinago (common snipe)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae

Taxonomy
Scolopax gallinago was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Capella gallinago by Wetmore (1956) and Ligon (1966); it was recombined as Gallinago gallinago by Emslie (1998), Zelenkov et al. (2008), Clements et al. (2017) and Carrera et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Scolopax gallinago Linnaeus
1956Capella gallinago Wetmore p. 72
1966Capella gallinago Ligon
1998Gallinago gallinago Emslie
2008Gallinago gallinago Zelenkov et al.
2017Gallinago gallinago Clements et al.
2018Gallinago gallinago Carrera et al. p. 155 figs. Pl 1, fig 14

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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
genusGallinagoBrisson 1760
speciesgallinago()

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.

Gallinago gallinago Linnaeus 1758 [common snipe]
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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, Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 2.58800 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Gallinago gallinago (20384)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Gallinago gallinago (20385)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Capella gallinago (152008)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Capella gallinago (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Gallinago gallinago (194811)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Gallinago gallinago (125321)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Gallinago gallinago (197769 197773 197774)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Gallinago gallinago (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Capella gallinago (82890)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Capella gallinago (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Capella gallinago (20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Azerbaijan Gallinago gallinago (193354 193356)