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Anas crecca carolinensis (green-winged teal)

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Anas carolinensis was named by Gmelin (1789). It is extant.

It was recombined as Nettion carolinense by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1931), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942); it was recombined as Anas crecca carolinensis by Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Anas carolinensis Gmelin
1902Anas carolinensis Hay p. 529
1930Nettion carolinense Hay p. 305
1931Nettion carolinense Wetmore p. 21
1940Nettion carolinense Wetmore p. 24
1942Nettion carolinense Miller and DeMay p. 86
1946Anas carolinensis Howard p. 174
1956Anas carolinensis Wetmore p. 30
1975Anas carolinense Langenwalter
2017Anas crecca carolinensis Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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()
—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
speciescrecca
subspeciescarolinensis(Gmelin 1789)

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 crecca carolinensis Gmelin 1789 [green-winged teal]
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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

Age range: Rancholabrean or 0.21000 to 0.01400 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Anas carolinensis (20639)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Nettion carolinense (192630)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Nettion carolinense (44954 190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Nettion carolinense (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Anas carolinensis (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Anas carolinensis (20595 20636) Nettion carolinense (20573)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Anas carolinensis (71670)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Anas carolinensis (93251 176222)