Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Parent taxon: Anatinae according to J. Gonzalez et al. 2009
See also Bickart 1990, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Emslie 1992, Hou 1985, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Worthy and Nguyen 2020, Zelenkov 2012 and Zelenkov 2017
Sister taxa: Aix, Awengkere, Aythyini, Bambolinetta, Cairinini, Chaulelasmus, Chenonetta, Helonetta, Hymenolaimini, Mergini, Nettion, Presbychen, Querquedula, Sarkidiornis, Tadorini, Tadornini, Wasonaka
Subtaxa: Amazonetta Anabernicula Anas Matanas Mioquerquedula Tachyeres
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (7), Azerbaijan (1), Bermuda (1), Bolivia (1), Canada (3: Nunavut, Quebec), Chile (1), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Cook Islands (4), Ecuador (1), Egypt (9), Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (1), Finland (8), French Southern Territories (1), Greece (7), Hungary (1), Italy (8), Japan (3), Jordan (1), Madagascar (6), Malta (1), Mauritius (1), Mexico (4), New Caledonia (2), New Zealand (15), Peru (1), Portugal (1), Reunion (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (5), Solomon Islands (1), South Africa (1), Spain (10), Tonga (1), Turkmenistan (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (73: Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (1), Yemen (1)
• Villafranchian of Hungary (1)
• Blancan of United States (5: California, Florida)
• Pliocene of United States (5: California, Florida, Idaho, North Carolina, Oregon)
• Turolian of the Russian Federation (1)
• Miocene of China (1), Czechia (1), Hungary (1), Mongolia (1), New Zealand (2)
Total: 215 collections including 349 occurrences