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Lophodytes cucullatus (hooded merganser)

Osteichthyes - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Mergus cucullatus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Lophodytes.

It was recombined as Lophodytes cucullatus by Reichenbach (1853), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Wetmore (1931), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mergus cucullatus Linnaeus p. 129
1853Lophodytes cucullatus Reichenbach
1902Lophodytes cucullatus Hay p. 529
1930Lophodytes cucullatus Hay p. 309
1931Lophodytes cucullatus Wetmore p. 23
1940Lophodytes cucullatus Wetmore p. 28
1956Lophodytes cucullatus Wetmore p. 34
2017Lophodytes cucullatus Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
—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
subfamilyAnatinaeVigors 1825
tribeMerginiBonaparte 1838
genusLophodytesReichenbach 1853
speciescucullatus()

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.

Lophodytes cucullatus Linnaeus 1758 [hooded merganser]
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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: Marsh 1875, Sedinger 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Lophodytes cucullatus (103991 104697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Lophodytes cucullatus (84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Lophodytes cucullatus (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Lophodytes cucullatus (20580 20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oklahoma) Lophodytes cucullatus (91527)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Lophodytes cucullatus (176222)