Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Parent taxon: Anserinae according to J. Gonzalez et al. 2009
See also Bickart 1990, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Emslie 1992, Livezey and Martin 1988, Mlíkovsky and Svec 1986 and Olson and Rasmussen 2001
Sister taxa: Anserobranta, Cereopseini, Chenornis, Cygnopterus, Eremochen, Malacorhynchini, Stictonettini
Subtaxa: Anser Branta Cygnavus
Ecology: volant folivore-granivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (12: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec collections), Egypt (4), Finland (1), Greece (6), Greenland (19), Hungary (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (6), Japan (1), Jordan (1), Malta (1), Mexico (2), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (3), Turkmenistan (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (62: Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming)
• Blancan of El Salvador (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of United States (3: Florida, Idaho, North Carolina)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Belgium (1), Bulgaria (1)
• Miocene of United States (3: California)
• Neogene of United States (1: Arizona)
• Oligocene of Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 145 collections including 227 occurrences