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Nettion

Osteichthyes - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Nettion was named by Kaup (1829) [usually treated as a subgenus of Anas]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Anatidae by Brodkorb (1958); and to Anatinae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Brodkorb (1964), Howard (1972).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Nettion Kaup
1930Nettion Hay p. 305
1940Nettion Wetmore p. 24
1958Nettion Brodkorb p. 252
1964Nettion Brodkorb p. 224
1972Nettion Howard p. 10

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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
subfamilyAnatinaeVigors 1825
genusNettionKaup 1829

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. Nettion Kaup 1829
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†Nettion bunkeri Wetmore 1944
†Nettion eppelsheimense Lambrecht 1933
†Nettion greeni Brodkorb 1964
†Nettion ogallalae Brodkorb 1962
†Nettion velox Milne-Edwards 1867
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: freshwatersubf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantsubf
Diet: herbivoresubf
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 19:26:23
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:26:23
Source: subf = subfamily, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Sedinger 1997

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Hemphillian or 23.04000 to 4.70000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Czechia N. sp., N. velox (61440)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) N. ogallalae (18449 18450)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (South Dakota) N. greeni (18344)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Anas velox (75481)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Oregon) N. bunkeri (18970)
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7Mexico (Chihuahua) Anas bunkeri (18755)