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Anas chlorotis (brown teal)

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Anas chlorotis was named by Gray (1845). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Anas chlorotis Gray
1997Anas chlorotis Worthy p. 103
1998Anas chlorotis Worthy p. 118
2003Anas chlorotis Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 449
2014Anas chlorotis del Hoyo et al.
2017Anas chlorotis 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()
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
subfamilyAnatinaeVigors 1825
tribeAnatiniVigors 1825
genusAnas
specieschlorotisGray 1845

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.

Anas chlorotis Gray 1845 [brown teal]
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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 Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (North Otago) Anas chlorotis (87789)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (South Island) Anas chlorotis (87810 87814)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0New Zealand Anas chlorotis (182840)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Anas chlorotis (215389 215392)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (North Island) Anas chlorotis (215544)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Anas chlorotis (100554 194618 194619 195151 215577)