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Haematopus

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Haematopodidae

Taxonomy

Haematopus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was assigned to Haematopidae by Olson and Steadman (1979); and to Haematopodidae by Carroll (1988), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Warheit (2002), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003) and Clements et al. (2017).

Species

H. finschi, H. moquini, H. ostralegus, H. palliatus (syn. Palostralegus sulcatus), H. unicolor

Synonyms

Palostralegus was named by Brodkorb (1955).

It was synonymized subjectively with Haematopus by Olson and Steadman (1979) and Olson and Rasmussen (2001).

It was assigned to Haematopodidae by Brodkorb (1955) and Wetmore (1956).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1758	Haematopus Linnaeus
1955	Palostralegus Brodkorb p. 19 figs. Fig. 18
1956	Palostralegus Wetmore p. 70
1979	Haematopus Olson and Steadman p. 972
1988	Haematopus Carroll
2001	Haematopus Olson and Rasmussen p. 292
2002	Haematopus Warheit p. 36 figs. Appendix 2.1
2003	Haematopus Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 450
2017	Haematopus Clements et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
order	Charadriiformes	Huxley 1867
family	Haematopodidae	Bonaparte 1838
genus	Haematopus

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. Haematopus Linnaeus 1758

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Haematopus finschi Martens 1897 [South Island oystercatcher]

Haematopus moquini Bonaparte 1856 [African oystercatcher]

Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian oystercatcher]

Haematopus palliatus Temminick 1820 [American oystercatcher]

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Invalid names: Palostralegus sulcatus Brodkorb 1955 [synonym]

Haematopus unicolor Forster 1841 [variable oystercatcher]

Invalid names: Palostralegus Brodkorb 1955 [synonym]

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 Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.62000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma

Collections (11 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	USA (Florida)	Palostralegus sulcatus (122350)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	USA (North Carolina)	H. sp., H. palliatus, H. ostralegus (52582)
MN 15 - MN 16	4.2 - 2.588	Ukraine	H. sp. (50943)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	Italy	H. ostralegus (197786)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	New Zealand (South Island)	H. finschi, H. unicolor (87814) H. unicolor (87810)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	New Zealand	H. ostralegus, H. unicolor (100554 194619) H. unicolor (194618 195150)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	South Africa	H. moquini (177146)