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Anseres
Taxonomy
Anseres was named by Linnaeus (1758) [also attributed to Wagler 1831]. It is extant.
It was reranked as the family Anseres by Zittel (1890); it was synonymized subjectively with Anatiformes by Hay (1930).
It was assigned to Anseriformes by Zittel (1890); to Carinatae by De Vis (1892); and to Anseriformes by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960), Brodkorb (1964), Brunet (1970), Cheneval (1984), Livezey (1997), Tambussi (1998), Hope (2002), Mourer-Chauviré et al. (2004), Livezey and Zusi (2007), Noriega and Tambussi (2008), Cenizo and Agnolín (2010) and Worthy et al. (2017).
It was reranked as the family Anseres by Zittel (1890); it was synonymized subjectively with Anatiformes by Hay (1930).
It was assigned to Anseriformes by Zittel (1890); to Carinatae by De Vis (1892); and to Anseriformes by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960), Brodkorb (1964), Brunet (1970), Cheneval (1984), Livezey (1997), Tambussi (1998), Hope (2002), Mourer-Chauviré et al. (2004), Livezey and Zusi (2007), Noriega and Tambussi (2008), Cenizo and Agnolín (2010) and Worthy et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Anseres Linnaeus p. 84 |
| 1890 | Anseres Zittel p. 837 |
| 1892 | Anseres De Vis p. 455 |
| 1940 | Anseres Wetmore p. 19 |
| 1956 | Anseres Wetmore p. 24 |
| 1960 | Anseres Wetmore p. 25 |
| 1964 | Anseres Brodkorb p. 205 |
| 1970 | Anseres Brunet p. 24 |
| 1984 | Anseres Cheneval p. 96 |
| 1997 | Anseres Livezey p. 398 |
| 1998 | Anseres Tambussi p. 22 |
| 2002 | Anseres Hope p. 355 |
| 2004 | Anseres Mourer-Chauviré et al. p. 306 |
| 2007 | Anseres Livezey and Zusi p. 90 |
| 2008 | Anseres Noriega and Tambussi p. 273 |
| 2010 | Anseres Cenizo and Agnolín p. 499 |
| 2017 | Anseres Worthy 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.
Subor. Anseres Linnaeus 1758
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Fm. †Paranyrocidae Miller and Compton 1939
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G. †Cygnopterus Lambrecht 1931
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†Cygnopterus affinis Van Beneden 1883
†Cygnopterus alphonsi Cheneval 1984
†Cygnopterus lambrechti Kurochkin 1968
G. †Ptenornis Seeley 1866
Invalid names: Anatoidea Leach 1820 [empty], Anseranatoidea Sclater 1880 [empty], Presbyornithoidea Wetmore 1926 [empty]
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 Priabonian to the top of the Hemingfordian or 38.00000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priabonian | China (Xinjiang) | Cygnopterus sp. (176208) | |
| Rupelian | Kazakhstan (Kustanai) | Cygnopterus lambrechti (235745) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Kazakhstan (Aktyubinskaya) | Cygnopterus lambrechti (73994) | |
| Aquitanian | France (Auvergne) | Cygnopterus alphonsi (125333) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (South Dakota) | Paranyroca magna (17912) |