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Podiceps cristatus (great crested grebe)

Reptilia - Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae

Taxonomy
Colymbus cristatus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Podiceps cristatus by Worthy (1998), Mlikovsky (2002), Varricchio (2002), Zelenkov et al. (2008) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Colymbus cristatus Linnaeus p. 135
1902Colymbus cristatus Hay p. 523
1930Colymbus cristatus Hay p. 285
1998Podiceps cristatus Worthy p. 92
2002Podiceps cristatus Mlikovsky p. 85
2002Podiceps cristatus Varricchio
2008Podiceps cristatus Zelenkov et al.
2017Podiceps cristatus 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
genusPodicepsLatham 1787
speciescristatus()

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 cristatus Linnaeus 1758 [great crested 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: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Podiceps cristatus (194811)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (North Island) Podiceps cristatus (215544)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Podiceps cristatus (100554 194619)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation Podiceps cristatus (194810)