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Aix sponsa (wood duck)

Osteichthyes - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Anas sponsa was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Aix.

It was recombined as Aix sponsa by Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Emslie (1998), Kilmer and Steadman (2016), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Anas sponsa Linnaeus
1902Aix sponsa Hay p. 529
1930Aix sponsa Hay p. 306
1940Aix sponsa Wetmore p. 25
1998Aix sponsa Emslie
2016Aix sponsa Kilmer and Steadman p. 8 fig. 6B,D
2017Aix sponsa Clements 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
genusAixBoie 1828
speciessponsa()

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.

Aix sponsa Linnaeus 1758 [wood duck]
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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: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) Aix sponsa (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Aix sponsa (19750)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Aix sponsa (20308)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Aix sponsa (195049)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Aix sponsa (176222)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Aix sponsa (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Aix sponsa (20595 20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Aix sponsa (84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Aix sponsa (71670)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Aix sponsa (195062)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Aix sponsa (224189)