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Gallinago kakuki

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae

Taxonomy
Gallinago kakuki was named by Steadman and Takano (2016). Its type specimen is UF 297382, a limb element (right humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Banana Hole (UF collection), which is in a Pleistocene/Holocene sinkhole limestone in the Bahamas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Gallinago kakuki Steadman and Takano p. 348 figs. 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A, 7A, 8A

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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
familyScolopacidaeRafinesque 1815
genusGallinagoBrisson 1760
specieskakuki

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.

†Gallinago kakuki Steadman and Takano 2016
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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: Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cuba Capella sp. (209853 209854)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) Gallinago sp. (144663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Gallinago kakuki (209850)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Cuba (Pinar del Rio) Capella sp. (92812)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Gallinago kakuki (209851)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Cayman Islands Gallinago kakuki (209852)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands (Middle Caicos) Gallinago kakuki (190750)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) Gallinago kakuki (type locality: 194588)