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Rissa tridactyla (black-legged kittiwake)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae

Taxonomy
Rissa tridactyla was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Rissa tridactyla Linnaeus p. 136
1862Rissa tridactyla Coues p. 304
1942Rissa tridactyla Miller and DeMay p. 113
1992Rissa tridactyla Guthrie p. 323
2017Rissa tridactyla 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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
suborderLariSharpe 1891
infraorderLarides
superfamilyLaroideaStejneger 1885
familyLaridaeVigors 1825
genusRissaStephens 1826
speciestridactyla

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.

Rissa tridactyla Linnaeus 1758 [black-legged kittiwake]
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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: Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Rissa tridactyla (176098)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway (Sunnmore) Rissa tridactyla (125317)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Rissa tridactyla (197957)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Rissa tridactyla (124956)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Rissa tridactyla (123918 125234 176102 190077 215552)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway Rissa tridactyla (73689)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland Rissa tridactyla (162014)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Washington) Rissa tridactyla (215546)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Rissa tridactyla (228896)