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Limicolavis

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae

Taxonomy

Limicolavis was named by Shufeldt (1915). Its type is Limicolavis pluvianella.

It was assigned to Aves by Shufeldt (1915); to Tringinae by Hay (1930); to Laridae by Lambrecht (1933); and to Charadriinae by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956).

Species

L. pluvianella (type species)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1915	Limicolavis Shufeldt p. 50
1930	Limicolavis Hay p. 338
1933	Limicolavis Lambrecht p. 546
1940	Limicolavis Wetmore p. 57
1956	Limicolavis Wetmore p. 71

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
order	Charadriiformes	Huxley 1867
family	Scolopacidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Tringinae	Gray 1840
genus	Limicolavis

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. †Limicolavis Shufeldt 1915

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†Limicolavis pluvianella Shufeldt 1915

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: Oligocene or 33.90000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.03	USA (Oregon)	L. pluvianella (176030)