Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Full reference: R. W. Shufeldt. 1891. Fossil birds from the Equus Beds of Oregon. American Naturalist 25:818-821
Belongs to Anser according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Brodkorb 1964, Hay 1902, Howard 1946, Howard 1972, Lambrecht 1933, Shufeldt 1891 and Wetmore 1940
Sister taxa: Anser albifrons, Anser anser, Anser arenosus, Anser arizonae, Anser atavus, Anser azerbaidzhanicus, Anser brachyrhynchus, Anser brumeli, Anser caerulescens, Anser canagicus, Anser cygniformis, Anser cygnoid, Anser devjatkini, Anser djuktaiensis, Anser erythropus, Anser fabalis, Anser indicus, Anser liskunae, Anser oeningensis, Anser pressus, Anser rossii, Anser scaldii, Anser thraceiensis, Chen (Chen)
Type specimen: Its type locality is Silver Lake, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Oregon
Ecology: volant folivore-granivore
Distribution: found only at Silver Lake
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