Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Alternative spelling: Merginae
Parent taxon: Anatinae according to J. Watanabe and H. Matsuoka 2015
See also Alvarez and Olson 1978, Brodkorb 1964, Chandler 1990, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Emslie 1992, Gonzalez et al. 2009, Hay 1930, Howard 1972, Howard and Barnes 1987, Lambrecht 1933, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Watanabe et al. 2020, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956, Zelenkov 2011, Zelenkov 2012 and Zelenkov 2017
Sister taxa: Aix, Anatini, Awengkere, Aythyini, Bambolinetta, Cairinini, Chaulelasmus, Chenonetta, Helonetta, Hymenolaimini, Nettion, Presbychen, Querquedula, Sarkidiornis, Tadorini, Tadornini, Wasonaka
Subtaxa: Bucephala Clangula Lophodytes Melanitta Mergus Ocyplonessa Shiriyanetta Somateria
Type: Mergus
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (15: Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Yukon collections), Egypt (4), Estonia (1), Finland (5), Greenland (9), Italy (2), Japan (7), Jordan (1), New Zealand (7), Norway (4), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (5), the United Kingdom (7), United States (61: Alabama, Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Maryland, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming)
• Blancan of United States (2: California, Florida)
• Pliocene of Slovakia (1), United States (3: Idaho, North Carolina)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Hungary (1), United States (6: California, Florida, Oregon, Virginia)
Total: 146 collections including 257 occurrences