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Branta dickeyi

Osteichthyes - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Branta dickey was named by Miller (1924).

It was corrected as Branta dickeyi by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1956), Brodkorb (1964), Eshelman et al. (2025).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. canadensis, B. canadensis, B. canadensis, B. hutchinsii, B. hypsibatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Branta dickey Miller
1930Branta dickeyi Hay p. 302
1933Branta dickey Lambrecht p. 372
1940Branta dickeyi Wetmore p. 20
1942Branta dickeyi Miller and DeMay p. 83
1956Branta dickeyi Wetmore p. 26
1964Branta dickeyi Brodkorb p. 214
2025Branta dickeyi Eshelman et al. p. 82

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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
subfamilyAnserinaeVigors 1825
tribeAnseriniVigors 1825
genusBrantaScopoli 1769
speciesdickeyi(Miller 1924)

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.

†Branta dickeyi Miller 1924
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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: folivoresubf
Diet 2: granivoresubf
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 19:20:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:26:40
Source: subf = subfamily, o = order
References: Sedinger 1997, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.40000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Branta dickeyi (20400)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Branta dickeyi (44954)