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Aythya valisineria (canvasback)

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Anas valisineria was named by Wilson (1814). It is extant.

It was recombined as Marila valisineria by Hay (1930); it was recombined as Nyroca valisineria by Wetmore (1931), Miller and DeMay (1942), Howard (1955); it was recombined as Nyroca (Aristonetta) valisineria by Wetmore (1940); it was misspelled as Aythya valisneria by Broughton (2004); it was recombined as Aythya valisineria by Wetmore (1956), Emslie (1992), Parmalee (1992), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Anas valisineria Wilson
1930Marila valisineria Hay p. 307
1931Nyroca valisineria Wetmore p. 22
1940Nyroca (Aristonetta) valisineria Wetmore p. 26
1942Nyroca valisineria Miller and DeMay p. 88
1955Nyroca valisineria Howard p. 203
1956Aythya valisineria Wetmore p. 32
1992Aythya valisineria Emslie p. 257
1992Aythya valisineria Parmalee p. 310
2004Aythya valisneria Broughton p. 20
2017Aythya valisineria Clements et al.

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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
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—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
tribeAythyini
genusAythyaBoie 1822
speciesvalisineria(Wilson 1814)

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.

Aythya valisineria Wilson 1814 [canvasback]
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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: Sedinger 1997, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Blancan to the top of the Holocene or 4.70000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Florida) Aythya valisineria (19753)
Rancholabrean (glacial)0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Aythya valisineria (20624)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Aythya valisineria (71670)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Aythya valisineria (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Aythya valisineria (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Nyroca valisineria (190077 192608 192611)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Aythya valisneria (194907 194914 194927 194928)