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Melanitta perspicillata (surf scoter)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Anas perspicillata was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type specimen is 1.

It was recombined as Oidemia perspicillata by Hay (1930); it was recombined as Melanitta (Pelionetta) perspicillata by Wetmore (1940); it was recombined as Melanitta perspicillata by Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1956), Howard (1963), Guthrie (1992), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Broughton (2004) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Anas perspicillata Linnaeus
1930Oidemia perspicillata Hay p. 308
1940Melanitta (Pelionetta) perspicillata Wetmore p. 27
1942Melanitta perspicillata Miller and DeMay p. 89
1956Melanitta perspicillata Wetmore p. 33
1963Melanitta perspicillata Howard p. 13
1992Melanitta perspicillata Guthrie p. 321
2001Melanitta perspicillata Olson and Rasmussen p. 289
2004Melanitta perspicillata Broughton p. 21
2017Melanitta perspicillata 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
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
—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
tribeMerginiBonaparte 1838
genusMelanittaBoie 1822
speciesperspicillata()

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.

Melanitta perspicillata Linnaeus 1758 [surf scoter]
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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: 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: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Melanitta perspicillata (52582)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Melanitta perspicillata (176094 176101)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Melanitta perspicillata (20639)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Melanitta perspicillata (84881)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.3 - 0.0USA (California) Melanitta perspicillata (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Melanitta perspicillata (120829 120830 125236 176102)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Melanitta perspicillata (93251)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Melanitta perspicillata (194906 194907 194914)