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Plectropterus

Osteichthyes - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy

Plectropterus was named by Stephens (1824). It is extant.

It was assigned to Anatinae by Louchart et al. (2008); to Cairinini by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Anatidae by Clements et al. (2017).

Species

P. gambensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1824	Plectropterus Stephens
2008	Plectropterus Louchart et al. p. 158
2014	Plectropterus del Hoyo et al.
2017	Plectropterus Clements et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986

Rank	Name	Author
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Saurischia	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
—	Neognathae	(Pycraft 1900)
—	Pangalloanserae	Gauthier and de Queiroz 2001
—	Galloanserae	Sibley and Ahlquist 1990
superorder	Galloanserimorphae
order	Anseriformes	Wagler 1831
family	Anatidae	Vigors 1825
genus	Plectropterus	Stephens 1824

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. Plectropterus Stephens 1824

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Plectropterus gambensis Linnaeus 1766 [spur-winged goose]

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:

terrestrialo

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

volanto

Diet:

herbivoreo

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2009-01-03 19:27:52

Modified:

2009-01-03 21:27:52

Source: o = order

References: Sedinger 1997, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Ethiopia	P. sp. (192304)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Chad	P. sp. (97223 192295)
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain)	P. gambensis (22544)
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	Egypt	P. gambensis (21888)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Congo-Kinshasa	P. gambensis (22066)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Sudan	P. gambensis (208786 208787)