Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Parent taxon: Anatinae according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Clements et al. 2017, Emslie 1998, Hay 1902, Shufeldt 1891, Wetmore 1940, Zelenkov 2012 and Zelenkov and Kurochkin 2012
Sister taxa: Anatini, Awengkere, Aythyini, Bambolinetta, Cairinini, Chaulelasmus, Chenonetta, Helonetta, Hymenolaimini, Mergini, Nettion, Presbychen, Querquedula, Sarkidiornis, Tadorini, Tadornini, Wasonaka
Subtaxa: Aix galericulata Aix praeclara Aix sponsa
Type: Anas sponsa
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Quebec collection), Japan (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (11: Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon)
• Miocene of Mongolia (1)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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