Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Parent taxon: Anatidae according to J. Watanabe and H. Matsuoka 2015
See also Alvarez and Olson 1978, Bickart 1990, Brodkorb 1964, Chandler 1990, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Emslie 1992, Eo et al. 2009, Gonzalez et al. 2009, Hay 1930, Hou 1985, Howard 1972, Howard and Barnes 1987, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Louchart et al. 2008, Mayr and Pavia 2014, Mlíkovsky and Svec 1986, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Peterson 1999, Tambussi 1998, Watanabe et al. 2020, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956, Worthy and Nguyen 2020, Zelenkov 2012 and Zelenkov 2017
Sister taxa: Aldabranas, Allgoviachen, Aminornis, Ankonetta, Anserinae, Archaeocycnus, Biziura, Cairina, Callonetta, Cayaoa, Centrornis, Cereopsinae, Chelychelynechen, Chendytes, Chenoanas, Chenopis, Chloephaga, Cnemiornis, Dendrocheninae, Dendrocygninae, Eoneornis, Eonessinae, Erismaturinae, Euryanas, Eutelornis, Fuligulinae, Geochen, Histrionicus, Hymenolaimus, Lavanttalornis, Lophonetta, Loxornis, Malacorhynchus, Mareca, Marmaronetta, Merganettinae, Mergellus, Netta, Nettapus, Nogusunna, Nomonyx, Nyrocinae, Olar, Oressochen, Oxyura, Oxyurinae, Paracygnopterus, Plectropterinae, Plectropterus, Pleistoanser, Protomelanitta, Ptaiochen, Romainvillinae, Sharganetta, Sibirionetta, Sinanas, Spatula, Stictonettinae, Tadorninae, Teleornis, Thalassorninae, Thalassornis, Thambetochen
Subtaxa: Aix Anatini Awengkere Aythyini Bambolinetta Cairinini Chaulelasmus Chenonetta Helonetta Hymenolaimini Mergini Nettion Presbychen Querquedula Sarkidiornis Tadorini Tadornini Wasonaka
Type: Anas
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), Australia (7), Azerbaijan (1), Bermuda (1), Bolivia (1), Canada (16: Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Yukon), Chile (1), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Cook Islands (4), East Timor (1), Ecuador (1), Egypt (10), Estonia (1), Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (1), Finland (11), French Southern Territories (1), Greece (8), Greenland (9), Hungary (1), Italy (10), Japan (10), Jordan (1), Madagascar (6), Malta (1), Mauritius (1), Mexico (6), New Caledonia (2), New Zealand (29), Norway (4), Panama (1), Peru (1), Portugal (1), Reunion (5), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (8), Solomon Islands (1), South Africa (1), Spain (16), Tonga (1), Turkmenistan (1), the United Kingdom (13), United States (109: Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (1), Yemen (1)
• Blancan of United States (5: California, Florida)
• Pliocene of Chad (1), Hungary (1), Slovakia (1), United States (6: Florida, Idaho, North Carolina, Oregon)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (1)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (1), United States (2: California, Oregon)
• Miocene of Australia (1), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), Hungary (2), Italy (1), Moldova (1), Mongolia (1), New Zealand (2), the Russian Federation (1), United States (17: California, Florida, Kansas, Maryland, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Virginia)
• Neogene of United States (1: Arizona)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
Total: 359 collections including 847 occurrences