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Anas castanea (chestnut teal)

Osteichthyes - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Mareca castanea was named by Eyton (1838). It is extant.

It was recombined as Anas castanea by Olson (1977), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017), Worthy and Nguyen (2020).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Mareca castanea Eyton
1905Anas gracilipes De Vis p. 14 figs. Plate IV, Fig. 4a,b
1905Anas (Nettium) strenua De Vis p. 15
1905Nettapus eyrensis De Vis p. 16
1933Nettapus eyrensis Lambrecht p. 356
1933Anas (Nettium) strenua Lambrecht p. 363
1933Anas gracilipes Lambrecht p. 363
1964Nettion gracilipes Brodkorb p. 226
1964Nettion strenua Brodkorb p. 226
1964Nettapus eyrensis Brodkorb p. 227
1977Anas castanea Olson p. 129
2014Anas castanea del Hoyo et al.
2017Anas castanea Clements et al.
2020Anas castanea Worthy and Nguyen p. 78

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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
tribeAnatiniVigors 1825
genusAnas
speciescastanea(Eyton 1838)

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.

Anas castanea Eyton 1838 [chestnut teal]
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Invalid names: Anas (Nettium) strenua De Vis 1905 [synonym], Anas gracilipes De Vis 1905 [synonym], Nettapus eyrensis De Vis 1905 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Sedinger 1997

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Anas castanea (183080)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Anas castanea (181314) Anas gracilipes, Nettapus eyrensis (176412)