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Branta minuscula

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Branta minuscula was named by Wetmore (1924). Its type specimen is USNM 10548, a limb element, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Benson, south, which is in a Neogene terrestrial horizon in Arizona.

It was recombined as Anabernicula minuscula by Wetmore (1956); it was recombined as Anabernicula miniscula by Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Brodkorb (1964) and Olson and Rasmussen (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Branta minuscula Wetmore p. 6
1930Branta minuscula Hay p. 302
1933Branta minuscula Lambrecht p. 371
1940Anabernicula miniscula Wetmore p. 20
1942Anabernicula miniscula Miller and DeMay p. 83
1956Anabernicula minuscula Wetmore p. 27
1964Anabernicula miniscula Brodkorb p. 219
1972Branta minuscula Howard p. 9
2001Anabernicula miniscula Olson and Rasmussen p. 284

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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
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—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
speciesminuscula

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 minuscula Wetmore 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 Zanclean to the top of the Rancholabrean or 5.33300 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Neogene23.03 - 2.58USA (Arizona) Branta minuscula (type locality: 216972)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Anabernicula minuscula (52582)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Anabernicula minuscula (22712)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Anabernicula miniscula (152008)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Anabernicula miniscula (44954 190077)