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Cygnus olor (mute swan)
Taxonomy
Anas olor was named by Gmelin (1789). It is extant.
It was recombined as Cygnus olor by del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017), Michailidis et al. (2018).
It was recombined as Cygnus olor by del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017), Michailidis et al. (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1789 | Anas olor Gmelin |
| 2014 | Cygnus olor del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Cygnus olor Clements et al. |
| 2018 | Cygnus olor Michailidis et al. p. 87 fig. 2F |
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Cygnus olor Gmelin 1789 [mute swan]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subf = subfamily, o = order | |||||
| References: Marsh 1875, Sedinger 1997 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Pleistocene | Greece | Cygnus olor (187637 194474) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Valencia) | Cygnus olor (221421) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Portugal | Cygnus olor (197768) |