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Gavia concinna

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4966465https://www.gbif.org/species/4966465
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)83339https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=83339
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Gaviiformes : Gaviidae : Gavia : Gavia concinna
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Gaviiformes : Gaviidae : Gavia : Gavia concinna
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Saurischia
-Theropoda
-NeotheropodaBakker 1986
-AverostraPaul 2002
-TetanuraeGauthier 1986
orderAvetheropodaPaul 1988
suborderCoelurosauriaHuene 1914
-ManiraptoraGauthier 1986
-ParavesSereno 1997
classAvesLinnaeus 1758
-PygostyliaChiappe 2002
-OrnithothoracesChiappe and Calvo 1994
-OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithuraeHaeckel 1866
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
-Neognathae
-NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
-NatatoresBaird 1858
-PygopodotubinaresLivezey and Zusi 2007
superorderGaviomorphaeLivezey and Zusi 2007
orderGaviiformesWetmore and Miller 1926
familyGaviidaeAllen 1897
genusGaviaForster 1788
speciesGavia concinnaWetmore 1940
Generic NameGavia
Scientific NameGavia concinna Wetmore, 1940
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Gavia concinnaspeciesbelongs to Gaviastated without evidenceWetmore, 1940
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance16.0 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance1.80 - 0.30 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Theropoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Theropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Coelurosauria)
Reproductionoviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. L. Olson and P. C. Rasmussen. 2001. Miocene and Pliocene birds from the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 90:233-365

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Gavia palaeodytes Wetmore, 1943GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Gaviiformes : Gaviidae : Gavia : Gavia palaeodytes

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1940Gavia concinna Wetmore
1943Gavia palaeodytes Wetmore p. 64
1949Gavia concinna Howard p. 185
1953Gavia concinna Brodkorb p. 211
1953Gavia palaeodytes Brodkorb p. 212
1955Gavia palaeodytes Brodkorb p. 4
1955Gavia concinna Brodkorb p. 5
1958Gavia concinna Miller and Bowman p. 4
1972Gavia concinna Howard p. 3
2001Gavia concinna Olson and Rasmussen p. 243

References

Olson S. L., Rasmussen P. C. (2001) Miocene and Pliocene birds from the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 90, 233-365
Howard H. (1949) New avian records for the Pliocene of California, Carnegie Instuitution of California 584, 179-200
Brodkorb P. (1953) A review of the Pliocene loons, Condor 55 4, 211-214
Brodkorb P. (1955) The avifauna of the Bone Valley Formation, Florida Geological Survey Report of Investigations 14, 1-57
Miller L., Bowman R. I. (1958) Further bird remains from the San Diego Pliocene, Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum 20, 1-15
Howard H. (1972) Type specimens of avian fossils in the collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science, 1-27
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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