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Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos (blue duck)

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Anas malacorhynchos was named by Gmelin (1789). It is extant.

It was recombined as Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos by Worthy (1997), Worthy (1998), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Anas malacorhynchos Gmelin
1997Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos Worthy p. 102
1998Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos Worthy p. 117
2003Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 448
2014Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos del Hoyo et al.
2017Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos 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
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
genusHymenolaimusGray 1843
speciesmalacorhynchos(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.

Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos Gmelin 1789 [blue duck]
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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: 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 Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (South Island) Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos (87814)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos (100554)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos (215392)