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Chendytes

Osteichthyes - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy

Chendytes was named by Miller (1925).

It was assigned to Anserinae by Miller (1925), Lambrecht (1933), Howard (1936); to Nyrocinae by Wetmore (1940); to Aythyinae by Wetmore (1956); to Merginae by Brodkorb (1964), Howard (1972); and to Anatidae by Guthrie (1992).

Species

C. lawi, C. milleri

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1925	Chendytes Miller p. 145
1933	Chendytes Lambrecht p. 372
1936	Chendytes Howard p. 212
1940	Chendytes Wetmore p. 28
1956	Chendytes Wetmore p. 33
1964	Chendytes Brodkorb p. 330
1972	Chendytes Howard p. 11
1992	Chendytes Guthrie p. 322

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986

Rank	Name	Author
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Saurischia	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
—	Neognathae	(Pycraft 1900)
—	Pangalloanserae	Gauthier and de Queiroz 2001
—	Galloanserae	Sibley and Ahlquist 1990
superorder	Galloanserimorphae
order	Anseriformes	Wagler 1831
family	Anatidae	Vigors 1825
genus	Chendytes

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. †Chendytes Miller 1925

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†Chendytes lawi Miller 1925 [Law's diving-goose]

†Chendytes milleri Howard 1955

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: Kiessling 2004, Sedinger 1997, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Rancholabrean to the top of the Holocene or 0.21000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (31 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	USA (California)	C. lawi (176094 176095 176097 176098 176099 176101)
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	USA (Oregon)	C. sp. (59062)
Chibanian	0.774 - 0.129	USA (California)	C. sp. (84881)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	USA (Oregon)	C. lawi (194882)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	USA (California)	C. lawi (20639)
Rancholabrean	0.21 - 0.014	USA (California)	C. lawi (81921 176091)
Rancholabrean (glacial)	0.21 - 0.014	USA (California)	C. lawi (20624)
Rancholabrean - Holocene	0.21 - 0.0	USA (California)	C. lawi (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (California)	C. lawi (20585 20646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (California)	C. lawi (59063 120826 120827 120829 120830 123918 125234 125235 125236 125237 127154 176102)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	USA (California)	C. lawi (194880 194881 194883)