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Aythya fuligula (tufted duck)

Osteichthyes - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Anas fuligula Linnaeus p. 128
2008Aythya fuligula Zelenkov et al.
2017Aythya fuligula Clements et al.
2018Aythya fuligula Carrera et al. p. 152 figs. Pl 1, fig 5
2018Aythya fuligula Michailidis et al. p. 87 figs. 2E, 4F
2018Aythya fuligula Pavia et al. p. 33

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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
tribeAythyini
genusAythyaBoie 1822
speciesfuligula()

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.

Aythya fuligula Linnaeus 1758 [tufted 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: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Sedinger 1997

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Spain (Granada) Aythya fuligula (35078)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy Aythya fuligula (197786)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece Aythya fuligula (187637 199939)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Aythya fuligula (197769)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Aythya fuligula (194811)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation Aythya fuligula (194810)