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Numenius

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Numenius can refer to:

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numenius, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7875964	https://www.gbif.org/species/7875964
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	83476	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=83476

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Scolopacidae : Numenius

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Theropoda
-	Neotheropoda	Bakker 1986
-	Averostra	Paul 2002
-	Tetanurae	Gauthier 1986
order	Avetheropoda	Paul 1988
suborder	Coelurosauria	Huene 1914
-	Maniraptora	Gauthier 1986
-	Paraves	Sereno 1997
class	Aves	Linnaeus 1758
order	Charadriiformes	Huxley 1867
family	Scolopacidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Numenius	Moehring 1758

Scientific Name

Numenius Moehring, 1758

Name Published In

Moehring, P. H. G. (1758). Gerslachten der Vogelen. 97pp.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Numenius	genus	belongs to Limosinae	stated without evidence	Lambrecht, 1933
Numenius	genus	belongs to Scolopacidae	stated without evidence	Brunet, 1970
Numenius	genus	belongs to Scolopacidae	stated with evidence	Clements et al., 2017

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

8 (89%)

First Recorded Appearance

38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Environment

marine (based on Charadriiformes)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Theropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Coelurosauria)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,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

Common Name(s)

ダイシャクシギ

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numenius

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Numenius americanus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Long-billed Curlew	21	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Numenius antiquus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Numenius arayae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Numenius arquata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Eurasian Curlew	2	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Numenius borealis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Eskimo Curlew	3	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Numenius fischthali species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Numenius gendrei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Numenius madagascariensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Far Eastern Curlew	1	1.80 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Numenius minutus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Little Curlew	1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Numenius phaeopus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Whimbrel	15	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Numenius rufus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Numenius tahitiensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Bristle-thighed Curlew	13	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Numenius tenuirostris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1760	Numenius Brisson
1844	Numenius gypsorum Gervais
1859	Numenius gypsorum Gervais p. 410
1933	Numenius Lambrecht p. 541
1933	Numenius gypsorum Lambrecht p. 541
1970	Numenius Brunet p. 25

Year	Name and Author
1970	Numenius gypsorum Brunet p. 25
1982	Numenius Olson and James p. 36
2001	Numenius Olson and Rasmussen p. 293
2011	Numenius Smith p. 30 figs. Figure 14
2017	Numenius Clements et al.

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

Gervais P. , Zoologie et Paléontologie Françaises. Nouvelles Recherches sur les Animaux Vertébrés dont on Trouve les Ossements Enfouis dans le Sol de la France et sur leur Comparaison aves les Espèces Propres aux Autres Régions du Globe (Deuxième Edition) [French Zoology and Paleontology. New Research on Vertebrate Animals Whose Bones Are Found Buried in the Soil of France and their Comparison with Species Specific to Other Regions of the Globe (Second Edition)], 544

Lambrecht K. (1933) Handbuch der Palaeornithologie, 1-1024

Brunet J. (1970) Oiseaux de l'Éocène supérieur du bassin de Paris, Annales de Paléontologie. Vertébrés 56, 3-57

Olson S. L., James H. F. (1982) Prodromus of the fossil avifauna of the Hawaiian Islands, Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 365, 1-59

Smith N. A. (2011) Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the flightless Mancallinae (Aves, Pan-Alcidae), ZooKeys 91, 1-116

Clements J. F., Schulenberg T. S., et al (2017) , The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per synonymized taxon - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Moehring, P. H. G. (1758). Gerslachten der Vogelen. 97pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. - via World Register of Marine Species

Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. - via World Register of Marine Species

Geslach. Vogel. (Nozem. & Vosm. ed.), 6 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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