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Tadorna variegata (Paradise shelduck)

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

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

It was recombined as Tadorna variegata by Worthy (1997), Worthy (1998), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003), Worthy and Pledge (2007), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Anas variegata Gmelin
1997Tadorna variegata Worthy p. 102
1998Tadorna variegata Worthy p. 107
2003Tadorna variegata Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 449
2007Tadorna variegata Worthy and Pledge p. 111
2014Tadorna variegata del Hoyo et al.
2017Tadorna variegata 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()
—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
subfamilyTadorninaeReichenbach 1849
genusTadornaBoie 1822
speciesvariegata(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.

Tadorna variegata Gmelin 1789 [Paradise shelduck]
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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: Marsh 1875, Sedinger 1997

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

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (South Island) Tadorna variegata (87814)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (North Otago) Tadorna variegata (87789)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Tadorna variegata (215385 215387 215403 215418 215419 215420 215421 215614)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (North Island) Tadorna variegata (215544)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Tadorna variegata (100554 194618 194619 195151)