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Bucephala
Taxonomy
Bucephala was named by Baird (1858). It is extant.
It was assigned to Aythyinae by Wetmore (1956); to Merginae by Brodkorb (1964), Brodkorb (1967), Howard (1972); to Mergini by Emslie (1992), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Gonzalez et al. (2009); and to Anatidae by Brodkorb (1955), Wetmore (1962), Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Aythyinae by Wetmore (1956); to Merginae by Brodkorb (1964), Brodkorb (1967), Howard (1972); to Mergini by Emslie (1992), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Gonzalez et al. (2009); and to Anatidae by Brodkorb (1955), Wetmore (1962), Clements et al. (2017).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1858 | Bucephala Baird |
| 1885 | Charitonetta Stejneger |
| 1891 | Glaucionetta Shufeldt p. 819 |
| 1902 | Glaucionetta Hay p. 530 |
| 1930 | Charitonetta Hay p. 307 |
| 1940 | Charitonetta Wetmore p. 26 |
| 1940 | Glaucionetta Wetmore p. 26 |
| 1955 | Bucephala Brodkorb p. 18 |
| 1956 | Bucephala Wetmore p. 32 |
| 1962 | Bucephala Wetmore p. 6 |
| 1964 | Bucephala Brodkorb p. 330 |
| 1967 | Bucephala Brodkorb p. 110 |
| 1972 | Bucephala Howard p. 11 |
| 1992 | Bucephala Emslie p. 257 |
| 2001 | Bucephala Olson and Rasmussen p. 289 |
| 2009 | Bucephala Gonzalez et al. |
| 2017 | Bucephala Clements et al. |
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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. Bucephala Baird 1858
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Bucephala albeola Linnaeus 1758 [bufflehead]
†Bucephala albeola fossilis Howard 1963
†Bucephala angustipes Jánossy 1965
Bucephala clangula Linnaeus 1758 [common goldeneye]
Bucephala islandica Gmelin 1789 [Barrow's goldeneye]
†Bucephala ossivallis Brodkorb 1955
Invalid names: Charitonetta Stejneger 1885 [synonym], Glaucionetta Someguy [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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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): 11.1 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.1 Ma
Collections (37 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| MN 6 - MN 7 + 8 | Hungary (Nograd) | B. cereti (167497) | |
| Tortonian | USA (Florida) | B. ossivallis (122351) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (California) | B. sp. (19446) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | B. clangula, B. albeola (52582) | |
| Pliocene | USA (Idaho) | B. sp. (181255) | |
| Blancan | USA (Florida) | B. albeola (19753) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (Idaho) | B. sp. (176410) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | B. albeola (19750) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | B. albeola (20400) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | B. clangula (195048) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | B. albeola (20639) B. fossilis (192287) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Holocene | United Kingdom | B. clangula (197163) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (California) | B. albeola (84885) B. clangula, B. albeola (84881) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | B. albeola (154773) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | B. albeola (176267 236636) Charitonetta albeola (44954) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | B. albeola (84190) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | B. albeola (20595) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | B. albeola (82258) B. sp. (104697) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Jordan | B. clangula (197945) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | Charitonetta albeola (93251) Glaucionetta islandica (176222) | |
| Holocene | USA (California) | B. albeola (194912 194926) B. sp. (194905 194927 194928) B. sp., B. albeola (194906 194907 194914) | |
| Holocene | Estonia | B. clangula (195026) | |
| Holocene | Finland | B. clangula (209131) | |
| Holocene | Russian Federation | B. clangula (194809) |