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Oressochen melanopterus (Andean goose)
Taxonomy
Anser melanopterus was named by Eyton (1838). It is extant.
It was recombined as Chloephaga melanoptera by Campbell (1979), del Hoyo et al. (2014); it was recombined as Oressochen melanopterus by Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Chloephaga melanoptera by Campbell (1979), del Hoyo et al. (2014); it was recombined as Oressochen melanopterus by Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1838 | Anser melanopterus Eyton |
| 1979 | Chloephaga melanoptera Campbell |
| 2014 | Chloephaga melanoptera del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Oressochen melanopterus Clements et al. |
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Oressochen melanopterus Eyton 1838 [Andean goose]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Marsh 1875, Sedinger 1997 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru | Chloephaga melanoptera (71346) |