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Anser albifrons (greater white-fronted goose)

Osteichthyes - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Anser albifrons was named by Scopoli (1769). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. scaldi, A. sp, A. subanser

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1769Anser albifrons Scopoli
1902Anser albifrons Hay p. 530
1930Anser albifrons Hay p. 303
1940Anser albifrons Wetmore p. 22
1942Anser albifrons Miller and DeMay p. 84
1956Anser albifrons Wetmore p. 28
2013Anser albifrons Bedetti and Pavia p. 33 figs. Pl 1, figs a,b
2017Anser albifrons Clements et al.
2018Anser albifrons Michailidis et al. p. 87 fig. 2D

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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
subfamilyAnserinaeVigors 1825
tribeAnseriniVigors 1825
genusAnser
speciesalbifronsScopoli 1769

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.

Anser albifrons Scopoli 1769 [greater white-fronted goose]
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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 Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom Anser albifrons (124957)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Anser albifrons (22545)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Egypt Anser albifrons (21888)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Anser albifrons (22539)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Anser albifrons (197789 197790)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Anser albifrons (125088)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy Anser albifrons (197926)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece Anser albifrons (187637)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Anser albifrons (20639)
Rancholabrean (glacial)0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Anser albifrons (20624)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Anser albifrons (120827 176102 190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Anser albifrons (183124)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Anser albifrons (124956)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Anser albifrons (75232)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Anser albifrons (93251)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation Anser albifrons (175940)