Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Calidris canutus (red knot)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae

Taxonomy
Tringa canutus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Calidris canutus by Campbell (1976), Weesie (1988), Steadman et al. (2015) and Clements et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Tringa canutus Linnaeus p. 149
1976Calidris canutus Campbell p. 161
1988Calidris canutus Weesie p. 26 figs. Pl 6, fig 3
2015Calidris canutus Steadman et al. p. 557
2017Calidris canutus Clements et al.

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
familyScolopacidaeRafinesque 1815
genusCalidrisGmelin 1789
speciescanutus()

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.

Calidris canutus Linnaeus 1758 [red knot]
show all | hide all
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 Piacenzian to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Calidris canutus (22712)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.126 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) Calidris canutus (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Ecuador Calidris canutus (152599)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Spain Calidris canutus (197938)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Calidris canutus (192949)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland Calidris canutus (162014 227817 227875)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Calidris canutus (215378)