Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Parent taxon: Cygnini according to J. Gonzalez et al. 2009
See also Bickart 1990, Brodkorb 1964, Clements et al. 2017, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Hay 1930, Howard 1972, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Martin 1988, Mlíkovsky and Svec 1986, Parmalee 1992, Wetmore 1933, Wetmore 1940, Worthy and Grant-Mackie 2003 and Worthy and Nguyen 2020
Sister taxa: Afrocygnus, Annakacygna, Cygnanser, Megalodytes
Subtaxa: Cygnus (Olor) Cygnus (Sthenelides) Cygnus atratus Cygnus buccinator Cygnus columbianus Cygnus csakvarensis Cygnus cygnus Cygnus equitum Cygnus falconeri Cygnus herenthalsi Cygnus hibbardi Cygnus matthewi Cygnus melancoryphus Cygnus olor Cygnus paloregonus Cygnus pristinus Cygnus sumnerensis
Type: Anas cygnus
Ecology: volant folivore-granivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Canada (4: Northwest Territories, Nunavut), China (1), Finland (3), France (2), Greece (2), Italy (2), Jordan (1), Malta (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (11), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (18: Alabama, Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Virginia)
• Pliocene of Australia (2), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1), United States (5: Idaho, North Carolina, Oregon)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), Moldova (1)
Total: 65 collections including 71 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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