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Jacana

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Jacanidae

Taxonomy
Jacana was named by Brisson (1760). It is extant. It was considered unknown by Emslie (1998).

It was assigned to Jacanidae by Carroll (1988), Emslie (1998), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1760Jacana Brisson
1988Jacana Carroll
1998Jacana Emslie p. 54
2014Jacana del Hoyo et al.
2017Jacana 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
familyJacanidaeStejneger 1885
genusJacanaBrisson 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. Jacana Brisson 1760
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Jacana farrandi Olson 1976
Jacana jacana Linnaeus 1766 [Wattled jacana]
Jacana spinosa Linnaeus 1758 [Northern jacana]
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, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Holocene or 10.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 4.9 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) J. farrandi (18560)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) J. spinosa (20398)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru J. spinosa (71346)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bolivia (Chuquisaca) J. sp. (70705)