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Spatula
Taxonomy
Spatula was named by Boie (1822). It is extant. Its type is Anas clypeata.
It was assigned to Anseres by Shufeldt (1891); to Anatinae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); and to Anatidae by Hay (1902) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Anseres by Shufeldt (1891); to Anatinae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); and to Anatidae by Hay (1902) and Clements et al. (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
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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. Spatula Boie 1822
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Spatula clypeata Linnaeus 1758 [northern shoveler]
Spatula cyanoptera Viellot 1816 [cinnamon teal]
Spatula discors Linnaeus 1766 [blue-winged teal]
Spatula platalea Vieillot 1816 [red shoveler]
Spatula querquedula Linnaeus 1758 [garganey]
Spatula rhynchotis Latham 1801 [Australian shoveler]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Sedinger 1997, Marsh 1875 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Blancan to the top of the Holocene or 4.90000 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 (54 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Anas clypeata, Anas discors (52582) | |
Blancan | USA (Florida) | Anas clypeata, Anas discors (176340) Anas clypeata, Anas discors, Anas cyanoptera (19753) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Anas clypeata, Anas discors (19750) | |
Calabrian | Spain (Palencia) | S. clypeata (213667) | |
Calabrian | Italy | Anas clypeata (197789) | |
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Granada) | Anas clypeata (35078) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Greece | S. clypeata (194476 199937 199938 199939) S. clypeata, S. querquedula (187637 194477) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Anas platalea (63335) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Siracusa) | Anas querquedula (175900) | |
Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Anas clypeata (125088) | |
Middle Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Anas discors (195049) | |
Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | S. clypeata (20639) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Roma) | Anas querquedula (44090) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Monaco | S. clypeata (191730) | |
Rancholabrean | Mexico (Sonora) | Anas clypeata (20495) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (California) | S. clypeata (150336) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Anas clypeata, Querquedula discors (20491) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Russian Federation | Anas querquedula (194807) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Anas discors, S. clypeata (154773) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Wyoming) | Anas clypeata (93277) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Mexico) | Anas cyanoptera (192627) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Anas discors (20636) Anas discors, S. clypeata (20595) S. clypeata, Querquedula discors (20573) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | Anas cyanoptera, S. clypeata (93251) Anas discors, Anas cyanoptera, S. clypeata (176222) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Anas clypeata (176267) S. clypeata (190077 215552) S. clypeata, Querquedula cyanoptera (44954) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Anas discors (82258 103991) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Crete) | Anas querquedula (192960 192966) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Romania | Anas clypeata (197947) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Venezuela (Zulia) | Anas clypeata, Anas discors (63515) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy | S. querquedula (197769) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Anas discors (84190) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Hungary (Barany) | Anas querquedula (197461) | |
Holocene | USA (Ohio) | S. discors (195062) | |
Holocene | USA (California) | Anas clypeata (194906 194917 194925 194926) | |
Holocene | New Zealand (North Island) | Anas rhynchotis (215544) | |
Holocene | New Zealand | Anas rhynchotis (194619) | |
Holocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Anas platalea (63338) | |
Holocene | Russian Federation | Anas clypeata, Anas querquedula (194810) |