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Biziura
Taxonomy
Biziura was named by Stephens (1824). It is extant.
It was assigned to Erismaturinae by Lambrecht (1933); to Oxyurini by Gonzalez et al. (2009); to Oxyurinae by Brodkorb (1964), del Hoyo et al. (2014); to Anatidae by De Vis (1905), Zelenkov (2017), Clements et al. (2017); and to Anatinae by Worthy and Nguyen (2020).
It was assigned to Erismaturinae by Lambrecht (1933); to Oxyurini by Gonzalez et al. (2009); to Oxyurinae by Brodkorb (1964), del Hoyo et al. (2014); to Anatidae by De Vis (1905), Zelenkov (2017), Clements et al. (2017); and to Anatinae by Worthy and Nguyen (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1824 | Biziura Stephens |
| 1905 | Biziura De Vis p. 14 |
| 1933 | Biziura Lambrecht p. 354 |
| 1964 | Biziura Brodkorb p. 332 |
| 2009 | Biziura Gonzalez et al. |
| 2014 | Biziura del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Biziura Clements et al. |
| 2017 | Biziura Zelenkov p. 224 |
| 2020 | Biziura Worthy and Nguyen p. 78 |
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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. Biziura Stephens 1824
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†Biziura delautouri Forbes 1891 [New Zealand musk duck]
Biziura lobata Shaw 1796 [Musk duck]
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Invalid names: Biziura exhumata De Vis 1901 [synonym], Dendrocygna validipinnis DeVis 1888 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Holocene | New Zealand | B. delautouri (100554 194618 194619) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand (North Island) | B. delautouri (215544) |