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Himantopus

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Recurvirostridae

Taxonomy
Himantopus was named by Brisson (1760). It is extant.

It was assigned to Himantopodinae by Lambrecht (1933); to Recurvirostrinae by Wetmore (1956); and to Recurvirostridae by Emslie (1992) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1760Himantopus Brisson
1933Himantopus Lambrecht p. 532
1956Himantopus Wetmore p. 75
1992Himantopus Emslie p. 263
2017Himantopus 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()
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
familyRecurvirostridaeBonaparte 1854
genusHimantopusBrisson 1760

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. Himantopus Brisson 1760
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†Himantopus brevipes Milne-Edwards 1871
Himantopus himantopus Linnaeus 1758 [black-winged stilt]
Himantopus mexicanus Muller 1776 [black-necked stilt]
Himantopus novaezelandiae Gould 1841 [black stilt]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Blancan to the top of the Holocene or 4.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) H. sp. (19753)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) H. mexicanus (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador H. mexicanus (152599)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jordan H. himantopus (197945)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) H. mexicanus (195047)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand H. novaezelandiae (100554 194619)