Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Alternative combination: Anas clypeata
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Spatula according to D. Michailidis et al. 2018
See also Bedetti and Pavia 2013, Boule and De Villeneuve 1927, Broughton 2004, Clements et al. 2017, Emslie 1992, Guthrie 2010, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Howard 1946, Howard 1963, Miller and DeMay 1942, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Steadman and Mead 2010, Steadman et al. 2015, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Zelenkov et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Spatula cyanoptera, Spatula discors, Spatula platalea, Spatula querquedula, Spatula rhynchotis
Type specimen: 1
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (6 collections), Italy (1), Mexico (1), Monaco (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (18: California, Florida, Oregon, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
• Blancan of United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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