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Aramus guarauna (limpkin)

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Aramidae

Taxonomy
Scolopax guarauna was named by Linnaeus (1762). It is extant.

It was recombined as Plegadis guarauna by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940) and Miller and DeMay (1942); it was recombined as Aramus guarauna by Wetmore (1956), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Steadman et al. (2015) and Clements et al. (2017).

Subspecies
A. pictus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1762Scolopax guarauna Linnaeus
1930Plegadis guarauna Hay p. 299
1940Plegadis guarauna Wetmore p. 18
1942Plegadis guarauna Miller and DeMay p. 81
1956Aramus guarauna Wetmore p. 61
2014Aramus guarauna del Hoyo et al.
2015Aramus guarauna Steadman et al. p. 557
2017Aramus guarauna 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
—Terrestrornithes
—Telmatorae
superorderCharadriimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderGruiformesBonaparte 1854
familyAramidaeBonaparte 1854
genusAramusViellot 1816
speciesguarauna(Linnaeus 1762)

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.

Aramus guarauna Linnaeus 1762 [limpkin]
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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

Maximum range based only on fossils: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Aramus guarauna (20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Aramus pictus (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Plegadis guarauna (190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Aramus guarauna (154773 154804)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) Aramus guarauna (63515)