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Anhimidae

Osteichthyes - Anseriformes - Anhimidae

Taxonomy
Anhimidae was named by Stejneger (1885). It is extant.

It was assigned to Anseriformes by Carroll (1988), del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Anhimae by Livezey (1997), Livezey and Zusi (2007), Worthy et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Anhimidae Stejneger
1988Anhimidae Carroll
1997Anhimidae Livezey p. 398
2007Anhimidae Livezey and Zusi p. 90
2014Anhimidae del Hoyo et al.
2017Anhimidae Worthy et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—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
suborderAnhimaeWetmore and Miller 1926
familyAnhimidaeStejneger 1885
familyAnhimidaeStejneger 1885

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.

Fm. Anhimidae Stejneger 1885
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G. Anhima Brisson 1760 [horned screamer]
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Anhima cornuta Linnaeus 1766 [Horned screamer]
G. Chauna Illiger 1811 [crested screamer]
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Chauna chavaria Linnaeus 1766 [Northern screamer]
Chauna torquata Oken 1816 [Southern screamer]
G. †Chaunoides Alvarenga 1999
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†Chaunoides antiquus Alvarenga 1999
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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:09:09
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:09:09
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Livezey 1997, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 27.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Brazil (São Paulo) Chaunoides antiquus (85172)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela Anhima cornuta (134732 148207)