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Thinocoridae

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Thinocoridae

Taxonomy
Thinocoridae was named by Gray (1845). It is extant. Its type is Thinocorus.

It was assigned to Thinocoroidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Charadriiformes by Carroll (1988) and Clements et al. (2017); and to Scolopaci by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Mayr (2022).

Subtaxa
Attagis, Thinocorus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Thinocoridae Gray
1988Thinocoridae Carroll
2007Thinocoridae Livezey and Zusi p. 92
2014Thinocoridae del Hoyo et al.
2017Thinocoridae Clements et al.
2022Thinocoridae Mayr p. 77 figs. Fig. 5.2

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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
familyThinocoridaeGray 1845
familyThinocoridaeGray 1845

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.

Fm. Thinocoridae Gray 1845
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G. Attagis Saint-Hilaire 1831
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Attagis gayi Saint-Hilaire 1831
G. Thinocorus Eschscholtz 1829 [seedsnipe]
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†Thinocorus koepckae Campbell 1979 [seedsnipe]
Thinocorus rumicivorus Eschscholtz 1829 [least seedsnipe]
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ensenadan to the top of the Holocene or 1.75000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.4 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Argentina (Buenos Aires) Thinocorus rumicivorus (199927)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Thinocoridae indet., Thinocorus koepckae, Thinocorus rumicivorus (71346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Thinocorus rumicivorus (152599)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Chile Attagis gayi (215509) Thinocorus orbignyianus (215510)