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Cygnus hibbardi

Osteichthyes - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Cygnus hibbardi was named by Brodkorb (1958). Its type specimen is UMMP 338945, a limb element (right tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hagerman west 2, which is in a Pliocene lacustrine - large horizon in the Hagerman Formation of Idaho.

It was recombined as Olor hibbardi by Brodkorb (1964).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Cygnus hibbardi Brodkorb p. 237 figs. Figure 1
1964Olor hibbardi Brodkorb p. 211

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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
subfamilyCygninae
genusCygnusGarsault 1764
specieshibbardi

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 hibbardi Brodkorb 1958
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Brodkorb 1958Differs from living Cygnus buccinator Richardson in being smaller; pero- neal groove shallow; internal superior foramen low.
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 Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Idaho) Cygnus hibbardi (181255)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Oregon) Cygnus hibbardi (226540)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Idaho) Cygnus hibbardi (type locality: 176410)