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Pluvialis fulva (Pacific golden-plover)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Charadriidae

Taxonomy
Charadrius fulvus was named by Gmelin (1789). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pluvialis fulva by Worthy (1998), Steadman (1999), Meijer et al. (2013), Clements et al. (2017) and Worthy and Burley (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Charadrius fulvus Gmelin
1998Pluvialis fulva Worthy p. 129
1999Pluvialis fulva Steadman
2013Pluvialis fulva Meijer et al. p. 883 fig. 3I
2017Pluvialis fulva Clements et al.
2019Pluvialis fulva Worthy and Burley

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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
suborderLimicolae
infraorderCharadriides
superfamilyCharadrioidea
familyCharadriidaeVigors 1825
genusPluvialisBrisson 1760
speciesfulva(Gmelin 1789)

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.

Pluvialis fulva Gmelin 1789 [Pacific golden-plover]
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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, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015

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

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) Pluvialis fulva (193369 193374 193384)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Northern Mariana Islands Pluvialis fulva (194626 194627 194643 194644 194645)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Pitcairn Pluvialis fulva (193786)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga (Vava'u) Pluvialis fulva (208862 208865)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Norfolk Island Pluvialis fulva (194562 194563 194564 194565 194566 194567)