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Mareca

Osteichthyes - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Mareca was named by Stephens (1824). It is extant. Its type is Anas penelope.

It was assigned to Anatinae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956); to Anatini by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Anatidae by Howard (1946), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Mareca Stephens
1930Mareca Hay p. 305
1940Mareca Wetmore p. 24
1946Mareca Howard p. 174
1956Mareca Wetmore p. 30
2014Mareca del Hoyo et al.
2017Mareca Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
Saurischia()
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
genusMarecaStephens 1824

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. Mareca Stephens 1824
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Mareca americana Gmelin 1789 [American wigeon]
Mareca penelope Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian wigeon]
Mareca sibilatrix Poeppig 1829 [Chiloe wigeon]
Mareca strepera Linnaeus 1758 [gadwall]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available