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Mergus australis (Auckland Islands merganser)
Taxonomy
Mergus australis was named by Hombron and Jacquinot (1841).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1841 | Mergus australis Hombron and Jacquinot |
| 1998 | Mergus australis Worthy p. 120 |
| 2003 | Mergus australis Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 449 |
| 2017 | Mergus australis 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.
†Mergus australis Hombron and Jacquinot 1841 [Auckland Islands merganser]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| 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 (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Mergus australis (87814) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | New Zealand (North Otago) | Mergus australis (87789) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand | Mergus australis (100554 194618 194619) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand (North Island) | Mergus australis (215544) |