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Aythya

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Aythya Boie
1891Aythya Shufeldt p. 819
1902Athya Hay p. 530
1956Athya Wetmore p. 31
1964Aythya Brodkorb p. 228
1967Aythya Wilson p. 206
1985Aythya Hou p. 119
1986Aythya Mlíkovsky and Svec p. 265
1992Aythya Emslie p. 257
1992Aythya Parmalee p. 310
2001Aythya Olson and Rasmussen p. 285
2009Aythya Gonzalez et al.
2017Aythya Clements et al.
2020Aythya Worthy and Nguyen p. 77

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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
subfamilyAnatinaeVigors 1825
tribeAythyini
genusAythyaBoie 1822

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. 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]
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

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