Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Oxyura jamaicensis (Ruddy duck)

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Anas jamaicensis was named by Gmelin (1789). It is extant. It is the type species of Erismatura.

It was recombined as Erismatura jamaicensis by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1931), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Howard (1955); it was recombined as Oxyura jamaicensis by Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1962), Jehl (1967), Broughton (2004), Guthrie (2010), Steadman and Mead (2010), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonyms
  • Anas rubidus was named by Wilson (1814). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Erismatura jamaicensis by Hay (1930).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Anas jamaicensis Gmelin
1814Anas rubidus Wilson
1930Erismatura jamaicensis Hay p. 308
1931Erismatura jamaicensis Wetmore p. 23
1940Erismatura jamaicensis Wetmore p. 28
1942Erismatura jamaicensis Miller and DeMay p. 90
1955Erismatura jamaicensis Howard p. 204
1956Oxyura jamaicensis Wetmore p. 33
1962Oxyura jamaicensis Wetmore p. 6
1967Oxyura jamaicensis Jehl p. 25
2004Oxyura jamaicensis Broughton p. 23
2010Oxyura jamaicensis Guthrie p. 3
2010Oxyura jamaicensis Steadman and Mead p. 428
2014Oxyura jamaicensis del Hoyo et al.
2017Oxyura jamaicensis Clements et al.

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
genusOxyuraBonaparte 1828
speciesjamaicensis(Gmelin 1789)

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.

Oxyura jamaicensis Gmelin 1789 [Ruddy duck]
show all | hide all
Invalid names: Anas rubidus Wilson 1814 [synonym]
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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volanto
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 19:27:52
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:27:52
Source: o = order
References: Sedinger 1997, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014Mexico (Sonora) Oxyura jamaicensis (20495)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Erismatura jamaicensis (44954 192611) Oxyura jamaicensis (20273 176267 236636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Oxyura jamaicensis (82258)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Oxyura jamaicensis (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Erismatura jamaicensis (93251)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Oxyura jamaicensis (194907 194908)