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Aechmophorus occidentalis (western grebe)

Reptilia - Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Podiceps occidentalis Lawrence
1891Aechmophorus occidentalis Shufeldt p. 818
1902Aechmophorus occidentalis Hay p. 524
1930Aechmophorus occidentalis Hay p. 286
1935Aechmophorus occidentalis Schultz and Howard p. 275
1940Aechmophorus occidentalis Wetmore p. 7
1942Aechmophorus occidentalis Miller and DeMay p. 72
1946Aechmophorus occidentalis Howard p. 148
1955Aechmophorus occidentalis Howard p. 201
1956Aechmophorus occidentalis Wetmore p. 9
1967Aechmophorus occidentalis Jehl p. 24
1973Aechmophorus occidentalis Brodkorb and Phillips p. 438
1977Aechmophorus occidentalis Alvarez p. 207
1992Aechmophorus occidentalis Guthrie p. 320
2014Aechmophorus occidentalis del Hoyo et al.
2017Aechmophorus occidentalis 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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—NatatoresBaird 1858
—Pygopodotubinares
superorderGaviomorphae
orderPodicipediformesFürbringer 1888
familyPodicipedidaeBonaparte 1831
genusAechmophorusCoues 1862
speciesoccidentalis(Lawrence 1858)

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.

Aechmophorus occidentalis Lawrence 1858 [western grebe]
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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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: Rancholabrean or 0.30000 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) Aechmophorus occidentalis (169983)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Aechmophorus occidentalis (20639)
Rancholabrean (glacial)0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Aechmophorus occidentalis (20624)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Mexico) Aechmophorus occidentalis (71320)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Aechmophorus occidentalis (20273 59063 176267 192600 192603 192604 192606 192611)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Aechmophorus occidentalis (93251 176222)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Aechmophorus occidentalis (93281)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Aechmophorus occidentalis (20585)