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Podiceps parvus

Reptilia - Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae

Taxonomy
Colymbus parvus was named by Schufeldt (1913).

It was recombined as Colymbus (Dytes) parvus by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); it was recombined as Podiceps parvus by Jehl (1967), Brodkorb and Phillips (1973) and Guthrie (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Colymbus parvus Schufeldt
1930Colymbus parvus Hay p. 286
1933Colymbus parvus Lambrecht p. 262
1940Colymbus (Dytes) parvus Wetmore p. 7
1942Colymbus parvus Miller and DeMay p. 71
1946Colymbus parvus Howard p. 151
1949Colymbus parvus Howard p. 183
1956Colymbus parvus Miller p. 617
1956Colymbus (Dytes) parvus Wetmore p. 9
1967Podiceps parvus Jehl p. 24
1973Podiceps parvus Brodkorb and Phillips p. 438
2010Podiceps parvus Guthrie p. 2

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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
genusPodicepsLatham 1787
speciesparvus(Schufeldt 1913)

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.

†Podiceps parvus Schufeldt 1913
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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: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Colymbus parvus (19703)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Mexico) Podiceps parvus (71320)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Podiceps parvus (176267)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Colymbus parvus (93251)