Scolopax Linnaeus (1758)

Takano, Oona M. & Steadman, David W., 2015, A new species of Woodcock (Aves: Scolopacidae: Scolopax) from Hispaniola, West Indies, Zootaxa 4032 (1), pp. 117-126 : 119

Genus Scolopax Linnaeus (1758)

The fossils are referred to Scolopax rather than Gallinago (the other genus of Scolopacidae likely to occur in a prehistoric West Indian upland setting) because of the presence of the following characters: mandibular articulation—postarticular process larger and more complex in shape; cotyla lateralis larger with flatter articulating surface; coracoid—corpus coracoidei straighter, stouter in dorsal or ventral aspect; processus coracoideus joins corpus coracoideus more smoothly; medial end of facies articularis sternalis more rounded in sternal aspect; humerus—corpus humeri stouter; fossa pneumotricipitalis less concave; distal end more expanded; processus supracondylaris less pointed; fossa musculus brachialis less concave; ulna—olecranon longer; condylus ventralis less pointed; carpometacarpus—external ligamental attachment more strongly developed; notch on caudal side of dorsal trochlea carpalis deeper; femur—anterior surface of proximal portion of corpus femoris (between head and trochanteric ridge) less concave; distal end more expanded relative to corpus femoris in anterior or posterior aspect; tibiotarsus—overall stouter; crista cnemialis lateralis longer than wide and joins corpus tibiotarsi more gradually; crista fibularis relatively longer and joins corpus tibiotarsi more gradually; condylus medialis wider and longer in anterior aspect; tarsometatarsus—stouter overall; cotyla medialis less concave in acrotarsial aspect; acrotarsial surface of corpus tarsometatarsi more concave; in distal aspect, medial and lateral trochleae rotated more plantad.