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Sterna (tern)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Sterna Linnaeus
1891Sterna Shufeldt p. 818
1902Sterna Hay p. 525
1930Sterna Hay p. 341
1933Sterna Lambrecht p. 545
1956Sterna Wetmore p. 77
1975Sterna Olson p. 28
1982Sterna Olson and James p. 37
1990Sterna Chandler p. 136
1992Sterna Parmalee p. 314
2001Sterna Olson and Rasmussen p. 269
2002Sterna Mlikovsky p. 138
2003Sterna Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 451
2011Sterna Smith p. 30 figs. Figure 14
2017Sterna 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()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
suborderLariSharpe 1891
infraorderLarides
superfamilyLaroideaStejneger 1885
familyLaridaeVigors 1825
genusSterna

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. Sterna Linnaeus 1758 [tern]
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Sterna forsteri Nuttall 1834 [Foster's tern]
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus 1758 [common tern]
Sterna milneedwardsi Riabinin 1931
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan 1763 [Arctic tern]
Sterna striata Gmelin 1789 [white-fronted tern]
Sterna sumatrana Raffles 1822 [black-naped tern]
Sterna vittata Gmelin 1789 [Antarctic tern]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80600 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) Sterna sp. (178010)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781USA (Virginia) Sterna sp. (104698)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Sterna forsteri (93251 176222)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Sterna paradisaea (123918)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Spain (Santander) Sterna paradisaea (125320)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Sterna sp. (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0Russian Federation Sterna sp. (194812)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) Sterna sp. (195047)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antarctica Sterna vittata (177180)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Micronesia, Federated States of Sterna sp., Sterna sumatrana (194650) Sterna sumatrana (194651)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Palau Sterna sumatrana (209736)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Sterna hirundo (177146)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Sterna striata (100554 194616 194618 194619)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Yukon) Sterna paradisaea (228443)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Sterna paradisaea (51005)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Northern Mariana Islands Sterna sp. (194627)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Sterna paradisaea (160848 228756 228927)