Aves - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Parent taxon: Scolopacidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Brunet 1970, Lambrecht 1933, Olson and James 1982, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Smith 2011, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Actitis, Arenaria, Bartramia, Calidriinae, Calidrinae, Calidris, Coenocorypha, Elorius, Eroliinae, Gallinago, Heteroscelus, Limnodromus, Limosa, Limosinae, Lymnocryptes, Numeniinae, Nuntius, Palaeotringinae, Paractitis, Parvelorius, Phalaropus, Philohela, Prosobonia, Scolopacinae, Scolopax, Totanus, Tringa, Tringinae, Tryngites, Villetus, Xenus
Subtaxa: Numenius americanus Numenius antiquus Numenius arquata Numenius borealis Numenius madagascariensis Numenius minutus Numenius phaeopus Numenius tahitiensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of American Samoa (1 collection), Argentina (1), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Cook Islands (1), Ecuador (1), Egypt (2), Finland (1), French Polynesia (1), Italy (2), Jordan (1), Mauritius (1), Mexico (1), Micronesia (3), Peru (1), Pitcairn (7), Portugal (1), Reunion (1), the Russian Federation (1), Solomon Islands (1), Tonga (1), United States (34: California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Oregon, Wyoming)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 67 collections including 70 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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