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Chloephaga
Taxonomy
Chloephaga was named by Eyton (1838). It is extant.
It was assigned to Tadornini by Tambussi (1998), Gonzalez et al. (2009), Stidham et al. (2010), del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Anatidae by Eyton (1838), Clements et al. (2017), Tambussi et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Tadornini by Tambussi (1998), Gonzalez et al. (2009), Stidham et al. (2010), del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Anatidae by Eyton (1838), Clements et al. (2017), Tambussi et al. (2023).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1838 | Chloephaga Eyton |
| 1998 | Chloephaga Tambussi p. 22 |
| 2009 | Chloephaga Gonzalez et al. |
| 2010 | Chloephaga Stidham et al. p. 3 |
| 2014 | Chloephaga del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Chloephaga Clements et al. |
| 2023 | Chloephaga Tambussi et al. p. 268 |
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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. Chloephaga Eyton 1838
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Chloephaga hybrida Molina 1782 [kelp goose]
Chloephaga picta Gmelin 1789 [upland goose]
Chloephaga poliocephala Sclater 1857 [Ashy-headed goose]
†Chloephaga robusta Tambussi 1998
Chloephaga rubidiceps Sclater 1861 [ruddy-headed goose]
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 Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Messinian - Zanclean | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | C. robusta (196694) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | C. sp. 1, C. sp. 2 (63335) | |
| Lujanian | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | C. sp. (202096) | |
| Holocene | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | C. picta, C. hybrida, C. rubidiceps (194620) |