Subfamily Anserinae Vigors 1825 (goose)

Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Parent taxon: Anatidae according to J. Gonzalez et al. 2009

See also Bickart 1990, Brodkorb 1964, Cheneval 1984, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Emslie 1992, Göhlich 2009, Hay 1930, Howard 1972, Kurochkin and Ganea 1972, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Martin 1988, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Louchart et al. 2008, Matsuoka et al. 2001, Mlíkovsky and Svec 1986, Mourer-Chauviré 2008, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956, Worthy and Nguyen 2020 and Zelenkov 2017

Sister taxa: Aldabranas, Allgoviachen, Aminornis, Anatinae, Ankonetta, Archaeocycnus, Biziura, Cairina, Callonetta, Cayaoa, Centrornis, Cereopsinae, Chelychelynechen, Chendytes, Chenoanas, Chenopis, Chloephaga, Cnemiornis, Dendrocheninae, Dendrocygninae, Eoneornis, Eonessinae, Erismaturinae, Euryanas, Eutelornis, Fuligulinae, Geochen, Histrionicus, Hymenolaimus, Lavanttalornis, Lophonetta, Loxornis, Malacorhynchus, Mareca, Marmaronetta, Merganettinae, Mergellus, Netta, Nettapus, Nogusunna, Nomonyx, Nyrocinae, Olar, Oressochen, Oxyura, Oxyurinae, Paracygnopterus, Plectropterinae, Plectropterus, Pleistoanser, Protomelanitta, Ptaiochen, Romainvillinae, Sharganetta, Sibirionetta, Sinanas, Spatula, Stictonettinae, Tadorninae, Teleornis, Thalassorninae, Thalassornis, Thambetochen

Subtaxa: Anserini Anserobranta Cereopseini Chenornis Cygnopterus Eremochen Malacorhynchini Stictonettini

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Type: Anser

Ecology: volant folivore-granivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Canada (12: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec), China (1), Egypt (4), Finland (3), France (2), Greece (7), Greenland (19), Hungary (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (6), Japan (1), Jordan (1), Malta (1), Mexico (3), New Zealand (11), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (4), Turkmenistan (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (80: Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming)

• Blancan of El Salvador (1), United States (1: Florida)

• Pliocene of Australia (2), Chad (1), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1), United States (6: Florida, Idaho, North Carolina, Oregon)

• Hemphillian of Mexico (1), United States (2: California, Florida)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Belgium (1), Bulgaria (1)

• Neogene of United States (1: Arizona)

• Miocene of Austria (1), Belgium (1), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), Chad (2), France (1), Japan (2), Moldova (2), New Zealand (4), United States (12: California, Florida, Nebraska, Oregon, Texas)

• Oligocene of Kazakhstan (1)

• Eocene of China (1)

Total: 220 collections including 368 occurrences

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