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Aythyini (pochard)

Osteichthyes - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Aythyinae Wetmore p. 31
1964Aythyinae Brodkorb p. 228
1986Aythyini Mlíkovsky and Svec p. 265
1992Aythyini Emslie p. 257
2001Aythyini Olson and Rasmussen p. 285
2009Aythyini Gonzalez et al.
2012Aythyini Zelenkov p. 526
2014Aythyini del Hoyo et al.
2017Aythyini Zelenkov p. 224
2020Aythyini Worthy and Nguyen p. 77

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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
subfamilyAnatinaeVigors 1825
tribeAythyini
tribeAythyini

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.

Tr. Aythyini [pochard]
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G. Aythya Boie 1822
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Aythya affinis Eyton 1838 [lesser scaup]
Aythya americana Eyton 1838 [redhead]
†Aythya aretina Portis 1889
†Aythya arvernensis Lydekker 1891
Aythya australis Eyton 1838 [hardhead]
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Invalid names: Anas elapsa De Vis 1888 [synonym], Nyroca reclusa De Vis 1888 [synonym]
Aythya collaris Donovan 1809 [ring-necked duck]
Aythya ferina Linnaeus 1758 [common pochard]
Aythya fuligula Linnaeus 1758 [tufted duck]
Aythya marila Linnaeus 1761 [greater scaup]
Aythya novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1789 [New Zealand scaup]
Aythya nyroca Güldenstädt 1770 [ferruginous pochard]
†Aythya sepulta Portis 1889
†Aythya shihuibas Hou 1985
†Aythya spatiosa Kurochkin 1976
Aythya valisineria Wilson 1814 [canvasback]
G. Pteronetta Salvadori 1895 [Hartlaub's duck]
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Pteronetta hartlaubii Cassin 1859 [Hartlaub's Duck]
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: herbivoresubf
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 19:26:23
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:26:23
Source: subf = subfamily, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Sedinger 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.63000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma

Collections (88 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246China (Yunnan) Aythya shihuibas (11798)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Aythya affinis (52582)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Florida) Aythya valisineria, Aythya collaris (19753)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) Aythya sp. (20384)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) Aythya ferina (183123)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Aythya ferina (22508 22545)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) Aythya sp., Aythya americana, Aythya marila (169983)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Egypt Aythya ferina (21888)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Aythya sp. (197790)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Spain (Granada) Aythya sp., Aythya ferina, Aythya nyroca, Aythya fuligula (35078)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Aythya americana, Aythya marila, Aythya collaris, Aythya affinis (20400) Aythya sp. (20334)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Colorado) Aythya americana (152653)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (California) Aythya sp. (20327)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) Athya ferina (78015)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Valencia) Aythya sp. (221420)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece Aythya ferina, Aythya nyroca, Aythya fuligula (199939) Aythya nyroca, Aythya fuligula (187637)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Colorado) Aythya affinis (20358)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy Aythya nyroca (197926) Aythya nyroca, Aythya fuligula (197786)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Aythya collaris (195048 195049)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0United Kingdom Athya fuligula, Athya ferina (197163)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014Mexico (Sonora) Aythya collaris (20495)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Aythya collaris (20440 20491)
Rancholabrean (glacial)0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Aythya valisineria (20624)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Aythya valisineria, Aythya collaris (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Aythya affinis (176267 236636) Aythya sp. (20273) Nyroca affinis, Nyroca americana (44954) Nyroca valisineria (190077 192608 192611)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Aythya ferina (197775) Aythya ferina, Aythya fuligula (197769)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jordan Aythya sp. (197945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) Aythya affinis (192628)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Romania Aythya nyroca (197946)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Aythya collaris (20571 20573) Aythya collaris, Aythya affinis (20595 20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Aythya ferina (194807) Aythya fuligula (194811)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Timor-Leste Aythya australis (204407)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Valencia) Aythya sp. (221415)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Aythya valisineria, Aythya americana, Aythya collaris (154773) Nyroca affinis (20638)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Nyroca affinis, Nyroca americana, Nyroca collaris (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Aythya affinis (63225) Aythya sp. (200325)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Mexico) Anas collaris (192627) Aythya affinis (71320)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Nyroca affinis (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Aythya collaris (84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Aythya collaris (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Aythya valisineria (71670)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Russian Federation Aythya sp. (194812)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Aythya collaris, Aythya affinis (195062)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Aythya affinis (195070)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation Aythya ferina (194808) Aythya fuligula (194810)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Aythya marila (194909) Aythya marila, Aythya affinis, Aythya valisneria (194907) Aythya sp. (194905 194908 194910 194911 194916 194917 194926) Aythya sp. large (194925) Aythya sp. large, Aythya marila, Aythya valisneria (194914) Aythya sp., Aythya marila, Aythya affinis (194913) Aythya sp., Aythya sp. large (194906) Aythya sp., Aythya sp. large, Aythya marila (194912) Aythya sp., Aythya valisneria (194927 194928)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Aythya novaeseelandiae (100554 194618 194619)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (North Island) Aythya novaeseelandiae (215544)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Reunion Aythya sp. (193996)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) Aythya affinis (195047)