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Taxonomy
Charadriides is an infraorder. It is extant.
It was assigned to Limicolae by Livezey and Zusi (2007).
It was assigned to Limicolae by Livezey and Zusi (2007).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2007 | Charadriides Livezey and Zusi p. 92 |
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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.
Infraor. Charadriides
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Superfm. Charadrioidea
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Fm. Charadriidae Vigors 1825 [lapwing]
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G. Charadrius Linnaeus 1758
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Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus 1758 [kentish plover]
Charadrius bicinctus Jardine and Selby 1827 [double-banded plover]
Charadrius collaris Vieillot 1818 [collared plover]
Charadrius leschenaultii Lesson 1826 [greater sand-plover]
Charadrius mongolus Pallas 1776 [lesser sand-plover]
Charadrius montanus Townsend 1837 [mountain plover]
Charadrius morinellus Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian dotterel]
Charadrius nivosus Cassin 1858 [snowy plover]
Charadrius obscurus Gmelin 1789 [red-breasted dotterel]
Charadrius sanctaehelenae Harting 1873 [Saint Helena plover]
Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte 1825 [semipalmated plover]
†Charadrius sheppardianus Cope 1881
Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus 1758 [killdeer]
Invalid names: Aegialitis Boie 1822 [synonym], Eudromias Brehm 1831 [synonym], Eupoda Brandt 1845 [synonym], Oxyechus Reichenbach 1852 [synonym]
G. Pluvialis Brisson 1760
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Pluvialis apricaria Linnaeus 1758 [European golden-plover]
Pluvialis dominica Mueller 1776 [American golden plover]
Pluvialis fulva Gmelin 1789 [Pacific golden-plover]
Pluvialis squatarola Linnaeus 1758 [black-bellied plover]
G. †Pseudosterna Mercerat 1897
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†Pseudosterna degener Mercerat 1897
†Pseudosterna papeana Mercerat 1897
Subfm. Vanellinae Bonaparte 1842 [crested plover]
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G. Belonopterus Reichenbach 1852
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†Belonopterus edmondi Campbell 1979
†Belonopterus lilloi Cenizo and Agnolín 2017
G. †Lobivanellus Strickland
G. Vanellus Brisson 1760
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†Vanellus liffyae De Pietri et al. 2018
†Vanellus madagscariensis Goodman 1997 [Malagasy lapwing]
†Vanellus selysi Van Beneden 1871
Vanellus vanellus Linnaeus 1758 [northern lapwing]
Invalid names: Pluvialinae MacGillivray 1852 [empty]
Fm. †Rhegminornithidae Wetmore 1943
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Invalid names: Oedicnemidae Gray 1840 [empty]
Invalid names: Burhinoidea [empty], Glareoloidea [empty], Haematopoidea [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma
Collections (82 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Lutetian | China (Jilin) | Jiliniornis huadianensis (71665) | |
Aquitanian | France | Charadriidae indet. (152490) | |
Burdigalian | Saudi Arabia | Charadriinae indet. (47095) | |
Hemingfordian | USA (Florida) | Rhegminornis calobates (18597) | |
Middle Miocene | Belgium (Kruibeke) | Vanellus selysi (67016) | |
Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Pluvialis squatarola (52582) | |
Zanclean | Australia (South Australia) | Vanellus liffyae (13317) | |
Blancan | USA (California) | Charadrius sp. (178012) | |
Calabrian | Italy | Pluvialis apricaria, Vanellus vanellus (197789) Vanellus vanellus (197790) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Italy | Pluvialis apricaria (197927) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Charadrius vociferus (20491) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (California) | Oxyechus vociferus (150336) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New Mexico) | Eupoda montana (71670) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Charadrius semipalmatus, Pluvialis squatarola (120829 176102) Charadrius vociferus, Charadrius semipalmatus, Charadrius nivosus (215552) Charadrius vociferus, Pluvialis squatarola, Charadrius nivosus (123918) Eupoda montana, Oxyechus vociferus, Squatarola squatarola (190077) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Russian Federation | Pluvialis sp. (194811) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | Pluvialis squatarola (150207) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Wales) | Pluvialis apricaria (124954) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Jordan | Charadrius sp. (197945) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Venezuela (Zulia) | Charadrius vociferus (63515) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain (Santander) | Pluvialis squatarola (125320) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Peloponnesus) | Eudromias morinellus (184245) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Wyoming) | Charadrius vociferus, Charadrius montanus (93277) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Cayman Islands | Charadrius vociferus (209851) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Charadriidae indet. (71336) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Charadrius bicinctus, Pluvialis squatarola (136072) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru | Charadrius vociferus, Viator picis, Belonopterus edmondi, Charadrius semipalmatus, Pluvialis squatarola, Pluvialis dominica, Charadrius collaris (71346) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Charadrius vociferus, Dorypaltus prophatus (20595) Dorypaltus prosphatus (20573) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ecuador | Charadrius vociferus, Charadrius semipalmatus, Pluvialis squatarola, Pluvialis dominica, Oreopholus orcesi (152599) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) | Pluvialis fulva (193369 193374 193384) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Charadrius vociferus (82258) Pluvialis dominica (103991) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Charadrius bicinctus, Charadrius obscurus (87814) | |
Holocene | Norfolk Island | Pluvialis fulva (194562 194563 194564 194565 194566 194567) | |
Holocene | Pitcairn | Pluvialis fulva (193786) | |
Holocene | Tonga | Pluvialis dominica (194751) | |
Holocene | New Zealand | Charadrius bicinctus, Charadrius obscurus, Anarhynchus frontalis (100554) Charadrius obscurus, Anarhynchus frontalis (194619) | |
Holocene | Micronesia, Federated States of | Pluvialis dominica (194650) Pluvialis dominica, Charadrius leschenaultii (194651) | |
Holocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | Charadrius semipalmatus (195047) | |
Holocene | USA (California) | Charadrius vociferus, Pluvialis squatarola (194907) Pluvialis squatarola (194906 194912 194914 194925) | |
Holocene | Northern Mariana Islands | Pluvialis fulva (194626 194627 194643 194644 194645) | |
Holocene | New Caledonia | Charadrius bicinctus (193986) Pluvialis dominica, Charadrius mongolus (193985) | |
Holocene | Madagascar | Vanellus madagscariensis (195019) | |
Holocene | Solomon Islands | Pluvialis dominica (209061 209062 209067 209099) | |
Holocene | United Kingdom (England) | Vanellus vanellus (125446 125450) | |
Holocene | Saint Helena | Charadrius sanctaehelenae (176072 176073 176075) | |
Holocene | French Polynesia | Pluvialis dominica (194675) | |
Holocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Charadrius bicinctus (215583) | |
Holocene | Argentina | Oreopholus ruficollis (215542) | |
Holocene | Cook Islands | Pluvialis dominica (194764) | |
Holocene | Tonga (Vava'u) | Pluvialis fulva (208862 208865) | |
Holocene | Canada (Nunavut) | Charadriinae sp. (160848) |