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Haematopodidae (oystercatchers)
Taxonomy
Haematopodidae was named by Bonaparte (1838). It is extant.
It was assigned to Charadrioidea by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); to Haematopoidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Charadriiformes by Brodkorb (1955), Carroll (1988), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Warheit (2002) and Clements et al. (2017); and to Charadrii by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Mayr (2022).
It was assigned to Charadrioidea by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); to Haematopoidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Charadriiformes by Brodkorb (1955), Carroll (1988), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Warheit (2002) and Clements et al. (2017); and to Charadrii by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Mayr (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1838 | Haematopodidae Bonaparte |
| 1940 | Haematopodidae Wetmore p. 56 |
| 1955 | Haematopodidae Brodkorb p. 19 |
| 1956 | Haematopodidae Wetmore p. 69 |
| 1988 | Haematopodidae Carroll |
| 2001 | Haematopodidae Olson and Rasmussen p. 292 |
| 2002 | Haematopododae Warheit p. 369 figs. Appendix 2.1 |
| 2007 | Haematopidae Livezey and Zusi p. 92 |
| 2014 | Haematopodidae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Haematopodidae Clements et al. |
| 2022 | Haematopodidae Mayr p. 77 figs. Fig. 5.2 |
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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. Haematopodidae Bonaparte 1838 [oystercatchers]
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G. Haematopus Linnaeus 1758
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Haematopus finschi Martens 1897 [South Island oystercatcher]
Haematopus moquini Bonaparte 1856 [African oystercatcher]
Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian oystercatcher]
Haematopus palliatus Temminick 1820 [American oystercatcher]
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Invalid names: Palostralegus sulcatus Brodkorb 1955 [synonym]
Haematopus unicolor Forster 1841 [variable oystercatcher]
Invalid names: Palostralegus Brodkorb 1955 [synonym]
Invalid names: Haematopodinae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 2 to the top of the Holocene or 22.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.0 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| MN 2 | France (Allier) | Haematopodidae indet. (179750) | |
| Tortonian | USA (Florida) | Palostralegus sulcatus (122350) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Haematopus sp., Haematopus palliatus, Haematopus ostralegus (52582) | |
| MN 15 - MN 16 | Ukraine | Haematopus sp. (50943) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy | Haematopus ostralegus (197786) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Haematopus finschi, Haematopus unicolor (87814) Haematopus unicolor (87810) | |
| Holocene | South Africa | Haematopus moquini (177146) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand | Haematopus ostralegus, Haematopus unicolor (100554 194619) Haematopus unicolor (194618 195150) |