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Recurvirostra (avocet)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Recurvirostridae

Taxonomy
Recurvirostra was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type is Recurvirostra avosetta. It is the type genus of Recurvirostridae.

It was assigned to Recurvirostrinae by Wetmore (1956); and to Recurvirostridae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Carroll (1988), Clements et al. (2017) and Sánchez‐Marco (2021).

Species
R. americana, R. avosetta (type species), R. teruelensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Recurvirostra Linnaeus
1930Recurvirostra Hay p. 338
1940Recurvirostra Wetmore p. 60
1956Recurvirostra Wetmore p. 75
1988Recurvirostra Carroll
2017Recurvirostra Clements et al.
2021Recurvirostra Sánchez‐Marco

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
familyRecurvirostridaeBonaparte 1854
genusRecurvirostra

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. Recurvirostra Linnaeus 1758 [avocet]
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Recurvirostra americana Gmelin 1789 [American avocet]
Recurvirostra avosetta Linnaeus 1758 [pied avocet]
†Recurvirostra teruelensis de Villalta 1963
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Langhian to the top of the Holocene or 15.97000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) Recurvirostra sp. (59059 74629)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Aragon) Recurvirostra teruelensis (35339)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain Totanus teruelensis (216283)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Recurvirostra sp. (22712)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Recurvirostra sp. (20400)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) Recurvirostra avosetta (175900)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Recurvirostra americana (20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Recurvirostra americana (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Mexico) Recurvirostra americana (71320)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Recurvirostra americana (194907 194917)