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Cygnus paloregonus

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Cygnus paloregonus was named by Cope (1878).

It was recombined as Olor paloregonus by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Cygnus (Clangocycnus) paloregonus by Wetmore (1940); it was recombined as Sthenelides paloregonus by Howard (1946); it was recombined as Cygnus (Sthenelides) paloregonus by Wetmore (1956).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Cygnus paloregonus Cope
1900Olor paleocygnus Lindgren
1902Olor paloregonus Hay p. 530
1930Cygnus paloregonus Hay p. 301
1933Cygnus paloregonus Lambrecht p. 388
1940Cygnus (Clangocycnus) paloregonus Wetmore p. 19
1946Sthenelides paloregonus Howard p. 160
1956Cygnus (Sthenelides) paloregonus Wetmore p. 25
1964Cygnus paloregonus Brodkorb p. 210
1972Cygnus paloregonus Howard p. 9

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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
speciespaloregonus

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 paloregonus Cope 1878
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Invalid names: Olor paleocygnus Lindgren 1900 [synonym]
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: Marsh 1875, Sedinger 1997

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

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Olor paloregonus (176222) Sthenelides paloregonus (93251)