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Histrionicus histrionicus (harlequin duck)

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Anas histrionicus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type specimen is 1. It is the type species of Histrionicus.

It was recombined as Histrionicus histrionicus by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Pavia and Bedetti (2013), Clements et al. (2017), Watanabe et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Anas histrionicus Linnaeus
1930Histrionicus histrionicus Hay p. 308
1940Histrionicus histrionicus Wetmore p. 27
2001Histrionicus histrionicus Olson and Rasmussen p. 287
2013Histrionicus histrionicus Pavia and Bedetti p. 876 fig. 1
2017Histrionicus histrionicus Clements et al.
2020Histrionicus histrionicus Watanabe et al. p. 677 figs. 3D,G,H,K,P-S

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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
genusHistrionicusLesson 1828
specieshistrionicus()

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.

Histrionicus histrionicus Linnaeus 1758 [harlequin duck]
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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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volanto
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 19:27:52
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:27:52
Source: o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Sedinger 1997

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Histrionicus histrionicus (52582)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy Histrionicus histrionicus (197786)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Aomori) Histrionicus histrionicus (101897)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Histrionicus histrionicus (20639)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Aomori) Histrionicus histrionicus (101898 210642)