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Alopochen
Taxonomy
Alopochen was named by Stejneger.
It was assigned to Plectropterinae by Brodkorb (1964); and to Tadornini by Gonzalez et al. (2009), Stidham et al. (2010), del Hoyo et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Plectropterinae by Brodkorb (1964); and to Tadornini by Gonzalez et al. (2009), Stidham et al. (2010), del Hoyo et al. (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1964 | Alopochen Brodkorb p. 216 |
| 2009 | Alopochen Gonzalez et al. |
| 2010 | Alopochen Stidham et al. p. 3 |
| 2014 | Alopochen del Hoyo et al. |
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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. †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
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| 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
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 |
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| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Madagascar | A. sirabensis (204645 204646) Chenalopex sirabensis (195021) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Madagascar | A. sirabensis (95824) | |
| Holocene | Madagascar | A. sirabensis (195019 236022) | |
| Holocene | Reunion | A. kervazoi (193994 193995 193996) Mascarenachen kervazoi (193992 193993) | |
| Holocene | Mauritius | Sarcidiornis mauritianus (194025) |