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Branta

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1769Branta Scopoli
1891Branta Shufeldt p. 819
1902Branta Hay p. 530
1924Branta Wetmore p. 3
1930Branta Hay p. 301
1933Branta Lambrecht p. 370
1940Branta Wetmore p. 20
1956Branta Wetmore p. 25
1964Branta Brodkorb p. 213
1972Branta Howard p. 9
1982Branta Olson and James p. 33
1988Branta Livezey and Martin p. 208
1990Branta Bickart p. 28
1991Branta Olson and James p. 42
1992Branta Emslie p. 255
1992Branta Guthrie p. 321
1992Branta Parmalee p. 309
2001Branta Olson and Rasmussen p. 283
2009Branta Gonzalez et al.
2017Branta Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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()
—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

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.

G. Branta Scopoli 1769
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Branta bernicla Linnaeus 1758 [brant]
Branta bernicla nigricans Lawrence 1846 [brant]
Branta canadensis Linnaeus 1758 [Canada goose]
†Branta dickeyi Miller 1924
†Branta esmeralda Burt 1929
†Branta howardae Miller 1930
Branta hutchinsii Richardson 1832 [cackling goose]
†Branta hylobadistes Olson and James 1991
†Branta hypsibata Cope 1878
Branta leucopsis Bechstein 1803 [barnacle goose]
†Branta minuscula Wetmore 1924
†Branta propinqua Shufeldt 1891
Branta ruficollis Pallas 1769 [red-breasted goose]
Branta sandvicensis Vigors 1833 [nene]
†Branta woolfendeni Bickart 1990
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Langhian to the top of the Holocene or 15.97000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (107 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Neogene23.03 - 2.58USA (Arizona) B. minuscula (216972)
Early/Lower Barstovian - early Late Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) B. woolfendeni (156738)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) B. sp. (59059 74629)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) B. sp. (19446)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) B. bernicla, Anabernicula minuscula (52582)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) B. canadensis (19753)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Anabernicula minuscula (22712)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) B. canadensis (176037 176096) B. hutchinsii (176098)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) B. canadensis (227368)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt B. bernicla (21888)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Malta B. bernicla (190860)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) B. sp. (22545)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy B. bernicla (197790)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) B. canadensis (20327)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) B. canadensis, B. dickeyi (20400)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.8 - 0.012USA (California) B. sp. (67490)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) B. canadensis, B. nigricans (20639)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Indonesia (Jawa Timur) B. ruficollis (77490)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom B. leucopsis (125088)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Roma) B. bernicla (44090)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece B. bernicla (199940)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) B. sp. (175900)
Rancholabrean (glacial)0.3 - 0.012USA (California) B. canadensis (20624)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Sonora) B. canadensis (20495)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Anabernicula miniscula, B. canadensis, B. nigricans (152008) B. canadensis (84885) B. canadensis, B. nigricans (161536)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.3 - 0.0USA (California) B. canadensis (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) B. sp. (110072)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) B. canadensis (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) B. canadensis (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) B. bernicla, B. canadensis, B. propinqua, B. hypsibata (93251) B. hypsibatus, B. canadensis, B. propinqua (176222)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) B. canadensis (85142)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) B. canadensis, B. canadensis (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom B. bernicla (93837) B. leucopsis (124961)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) B. bernicla (57706 73485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Anabernicula miniscula, B. canadensis (190077) Anabernicula miniscula, B. canadensis, B. dickeyi (44954) B. bernicla, B. canadensis, B. hutchinsii (215552) B. canadensis (20273 120827 120829 125236 125237 176102 192611)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain B. leucopsis (215694)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) B. ruficollis (192948 192954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) B. canadensis, B. canadensis (154773) B. hutchinsii (74292)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) B. canadensis (20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) B. canadensis (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) B. canadensis (20569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Santander) B. leucopsis (125320)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) B. hylobadistes (89311)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Finland B. sp. (177177)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) B. bernicla, B. canadensis (224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) B. bernicla (195050)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain B. bernicla (194936)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) B. canadensis (177178 177179)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Washington) B. canadensis (215546)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) B. bernicla (228898 229484) B. sp. (160848 228756 228920) B. sp., B. canadensis (228927 228928)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Hawaii) B. hylobadistes (176476) B. sp. (110073 110074 110076)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) B. canadensis (228444 228921)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) B. canadensis (194906 194912 194914 194924 194926 194927)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland B. leucopsis (162014 227758) B. sp. (226353 227815 227816 227826 227828 227870 227872 227873 227874 229885 229939 229940 229942 229943) B. sp., B. bernicla (227817 227875 230120)