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Mergus merganser (common merganser)

Osteichthyes - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Mergus merganser was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Mergus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mergus merganser Linnaeus p. 129
1930Mergus merganser Hay p. 309
1956Mergus merganser Wetmore p. 34
1992Mergus merganser Emslie p. 258
2017Mergus merganser Clements et al.

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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
genusMergus
speciesmerganser

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.

Mergus merganser Linnaeus 1758 [common merganser]
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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: 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: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Sedinger 1997

Age range: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Florida) Mergus merganser (19753)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Mergus merganser (22508 22545)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Egypt Mergus merganser (21888)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Mergus merganser (20273)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Mergus merganser (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Mergus merganser (20569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Mergus merganser (93837)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Mergus merganser (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Mergus merganser (93277)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Åland Islands Mergus merganser (177177)