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Cygnus buccinator (trumpeter swan)

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Cygnus buccinator was named by Richardson (1832). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cygnus (Clangocycnus) buccinator by Wetmore (1940); it was recombined as Olor (Clangocycnus) buccinator by Wetmore (1956); it was recombined as Olor buccinator by Parmalee (1958), Dundas (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Cygnus buccinator Richardson
1930Cygnus buccinator Hay p. 301
1931Cygnus buccinator Wetmore p. 19
1940Cygnus (Clangocycnus) buccinator Wetmore p. 19
1946Cygnus buccinator Howard p. 159
1956Olor (Clangocycnus) buccinator Wetmore p. 25
1958Olor buccinator Parmalee p. 171
1967Cygnus buccinator Jehl p. 24
2005Olor buccinator Dundas p. 3
2014Cygnus buccinator del Hoyo et al.
2017Cygnus buccinator 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
subfamilyAnserinaeVigors 1825
subfamilyCygninae
genusCygnusGarsault 1764
speciesbuccinatorRichardson 1832

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.

Cygnus buccinator Richardson 1832 [trumpeter swan]
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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: folivoresubf
Diet 2: granivoresubf
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 19:20:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:26:40
Source: subf = subfamily, o = order
References: Sedinger 1997, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.40000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Cygnus buccinator (20400)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Olor buccinator (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Cygnus buccinator (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Montana) Olar buccinator (93182)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Cygnus buccinator (228927)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Cygnus buccinator (195066)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Cygnus buccinator (228921)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Illinois) Olor buccinator (195051 195052 195054)