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Clangula

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Clangula was named by Leach (1819). It is extant. Its type is Anas clangula.

It was assigned to Anseres by Shufeldt (1891); to Fuligulinae by Hay (1930); to Nyrocinae by Wetmore (1940); to Aythyinae by Wetmore (1956); to Anatidae by Hay (1902), Clements et al. (2017); and to Mergini by Gonzalez et al. (2009), Watanabe et al. (2020).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Clangula Leach
1891Clangula Shufeldt p. 819
1902Clangula Hay p. 530
1930Clangula Hay p. 307
1940Clangula Wetmore p. 27
1956Clangula Wetmore p. 32
2009Clangula Gonzalez et al.
2017Clangula Clements et al.
2020Clangula Watanabe et al. p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
PangalloanseraeGauthier and de Queiroz 2001
GalloanseraeSibley and Ahlquist 1990
superorderGalloanserimorphae
orderAnseriformesWagler 1831
familyAnatidaeVigors 1825
subfamilyAnatinaeVigors 1825
tribeMerginiBonaparte 1838
genusClangulaLeach 1819

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Clangula Leach 1819
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Clangula hyemalis Linnaeus 1758 [long-tailed duck]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available