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Alopochen

Osteichthyes - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Alopochen Brodkorb p. 216
2009Alopochen Gonzalez et al.
2010Alopochen Stidham et al. p. 3
2014Alopochen del Hoyo 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
tribeTadornini
genusAlopochenStejneger

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. †Alopochen Stejneger
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Subg. †Alopochen (Mascarenachen) Cowles 1994
Alopochen aegyptiaca Linnaeus 1766 [Egyptian goose]
Alopochen kervazoi Cowles 1994 [Réunion shelduck]
Alopochen mauritianus Newton and Gadow 1893 [Mauritius shelduck]
Alopochen sirabensis Andrews 1897 [Malagasy shelduck]
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: Sedinger 1997, Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Madagascar A. sirabensis (204645 204646) Chenalopex sirabensis (195021)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Madagascar A. sirabensis (95824)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar A. sirabensis (195019 236022)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Reunion A. kervazoi (193994 193995 193996) Mascarenachen kervazoi (193992 193993)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Sarcidiornis mauritianus (194025)