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Tadorninae

Reptilia - Theropoda - Anatidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Tadorninae Reichenbach
1964Tadorninae Brodkorb p. 219
1972Tadorninae Howard p. 10
1979Tadorninae Campbell
1992Tadorninae Emslie p. 255
1994Tadorninae Cowles p. 88
2001Tadorninae Olson and Rasmussen p. 283
2007Tadorninae Worthy and Pledge p. 110
2007Tadorninae Worthy et al. p. 14
2009Tadorninae Worthy p. 427
2012Tadorninae Zelenkov p. 526 figs. Table 1
2017Tadorninae Zelenkov p. 224

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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()
orderTheropoda
—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
subfamilyTadorninaeReichenbach 1849

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.

Subfm. Tadorninae Reichenbach 1849
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G. †Brantadorna Howard 1963
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†Brantadorna downsi Howard 1963
G. †Miotadorna Worthy et al. 2007
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†Miotadorna sanctibathansi Worthy et al. 2007
G. †Nannonetta Campbell 1979
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†Nannonetta invisitata Campbell 1979 [crested duck]
G. Tadorna Boie 1822 [shelduck]
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Tadorna cana Gmelin 1789 [South African shelduck]
Tadorna cristata Kuroda 1917 [Crested shelduck]
Tadorna ferruginea Pallas 1764 [Ruddy shelduck]
†Tadorna radjah Lesson 1828
Tadorna tadorna Linnaeus 1758 [Common shelduck]
Tadorna tadornoides Jardine and Selby 1828 [Australian shelduck]
Tadorna variegata Gmelin 1789 [Paradise shelduck]
Invalid names: Casarca Bonaparte 1838 [synonym], Todarna Reichenbach 1852 [synonym], Todarna wagneri Milkovsky 1995 [nomen dubium]
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: Sedinger 1997, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Altonian to the top of the Holocene or 19.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.9 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Miotadorna sanctibathansi (73690 126289)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Australia (South Australia) Tadorna tadornoides (192894)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Qinghai) Tadorna sp. (192888)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Tadorna ferruginea (22508 22545)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Todarna wagneria (176068)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt Tadorna ferruginea (21888)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Tadorna tadorna (125089)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Tadorna ferruginea (197789 197790)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Tadorna tadorna (20327)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy Tadorna sp. (197926) Tadorna tadorna (197786)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Indonesia (Jawa Timur) Tadorna tadornoides (77490)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Brantadorna downsi (192286)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Tadorna tadorna (93837)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (North Otago) Tadorna variegata (87789)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Santander) Tadorna tadorna (125320)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Casarca ferruginea (79548)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Wales) Tadorna ferruginea (124954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Vizcaya) Tadorna tadorna (125319)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Nannonetta invisitata (71346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Tadorna ferruginea, Tadorna tadorna (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jordan Tadorna sp. (197945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (South Island) Tadorna variegata (87814)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Tadorna tadornoides (181314)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Tadorna sp. (194941 215694) Tadorna tadorna (215708 215752)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Tadorna sp. (194614 198088 198200 198228) Tadorna variegata (100554 194618 194619 195151)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (North Island) Tadorna variegata (215544)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Tadorna tadorna (215702)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Tadorna sp. (215380) Tadorna sp., Tadorna variegata (215387 215418 215420) Tadorna variegata (215385 215403 215419 215421 215614)