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Numenius

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1760Numenius Brisson
1933Numenius Lambrecht p. 541
1940Numenius Wetmore p. 58
1956Numenius Wetmore p. 72
1970Numenius Brunet p. 25
1982Numenius Olson and James p. 36
2001Numenius Olson and Rasmussen p. 293
2011Numenius Smith p. 30 figs. Figure 14
2017Numenius 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
familyScolopacidaeRafinesque 1815
genusNumeniusBrisson 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. Numenius Brisson 1760
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Numenius americanus Bechstein 1812 [long-billed curlew]
†Numenius antiquus Milne-Edwards 1868
Numenius arquata Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian curlew]
Numenius borealis Forster 1772 [eskimo curlew]
Numenius madagascariensis Linnaeus 1766 [far eastern curlew]
Numenius minutus Gould 1841 [little curlew]
Numenius phaeopus Linnaeus 1758 [whimbrel]
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Invalid names: Podiceps gadowi Hachisuka 1953 [synonym]
Numenius tahitiensis Gmelin 1789 [bristle-thighed curlew]
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: Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (63 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Queensland) N. sp. (182159)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) N. borealis (52582)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) N. arquatus (22545)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt N. arquata (21888)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy N. sp. (197790)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) N. madagascariensis (152653)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Buenos Aires) N. sp. (202096)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy N. sp. (197926)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru N. borealis (71346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa N. phaeopus (22066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal N. phaeopus (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) N. americanus (20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) N. americanus (44954 190077) N. phaeopus (120830 176102)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) N. americanus (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jordan N. sp. (197945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) N. tahitiensis (110072)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation N. phaeopus, N. minutus (194811)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) N. borealis, N. americanus (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador N. phaeopus (152599)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Pitcairn N. tahitiensis (193763 193764 193786 193788 193789 193790 193791)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cook Islands N. tahitiensis (193453)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Illinois) N. americanus (195052 195057) N. phaeopus (195053 195056)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Hawaii) N. tahitiensis (110076)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) N. sp. (228921)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Solomon Islands N. tahitiensis (209067)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Finland N. arquata (177177)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia N. tahitiensis (194675)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga N. tahitiensis (194751)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Podiceps sp. (194025)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) N. americanus (194905 194906 194907 194908 194909 194910 194911 194912 194913 194914 194916 194917 194925 194927 194928) N. phaeopus, N. americanus (194926)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Micronesia, Federated States of N. phaeopus (194650 194651 194653)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0American Samoa N. tahitiensis (193800)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Reunion N. phaeopus (193992)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) N. phaeopus (195047)