Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae
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
Parent taxon: Mergini according to J. Gonzalez et al. 2009
See also Alvarez and Olson 1978, Carroll 1988, Clements et al. 2017, Emslie 1992, Guthrie 1992, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Parmalee 1992, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Worthy and Grant-Mackie 2003
Sister taxa: Bucephala, Clangula, Lophodytes, Melanitta, Ocyplonessa, Shiriyanetta, Somateria
Subtaxa: Mergus australis Mergus merganser Mergus milleneri Mergus miscellus Mergus serrator
Type: Mergus merganser
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Newfoundland collection), Egypt (4), Estonia (1), Finland (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (7), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (3), United States (20: Alabama, California, Florida, Idaho, New Mexico, Oregon, Virginia, Wyoming)
• Blancan of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Slovakia (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Hungary (1), United States (2: Virginia)
Total: 48 collections including 55 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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