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Clangula

Osteichthyes - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Clangula was named by Leach (1819). It is extant. Its type is Anas clangula.

It was assigned to Anseres by Shufeldt (1891); to Fuligulinae by Hay (1930); to Nyrocinae by Wetmore (1940); to Aythyinae by Wetmore (1956); to Anatidae by Hay (1902), Clements et al. (2017); and to Mergini by Gonzalez et al. (2009), Watanabe et al. (2020).

Species
C. hyemalis
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. hyemala, C. hyernalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Clangula Leach
1891Clangula Shufeldt p. 819
1902Clangula Hay p. 530
1930Clangula Hay p. 307
1940Clangula Wetmore p. 27
1956Clangula Wetmore p. 32
2009Clangula Gonzalez et al.
2017Clangula Clements et al.
2020Clangula Watanabe et al. p. 4

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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
genusClangulaLeach 1819

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.

G. Clangula Leach 1819
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Clangula hyemalis Linnaeus 1758 [long-tailed duck]
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: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Sedinger 1997

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 6 to the top of the Holocene or 13.82000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.1 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.82 - 11.1Hungary (Nograd) C. sp. (167497)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8United Kingdom (England) C. hyemalis (77632)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Chiba) C. hyemala (56359)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Aomori) C. hyemalis (101897)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway C. hyemalis (162578)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) C. hyemalis (20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Aomori) Anas sp. (101898) C. hyemalis (195045 210642)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) C. hyemalis (93251 176222)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation C. hyemalis (194811)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) C. hyemalis (93326)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Spain C. hyemalis (215722)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Finland C. hyemalis (209153)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland C. hyemalis (162014) C. hyernalis (226353 227816 230120)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) C. hyernalis (228492 228921)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Estonia C. hyemalis (195026)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) C. hyemalis (51005)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) C. hyemalis (73698 228927) C. hyernalis (228896 228898)