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Tadorna ferruginea (Ruddy shelduck)

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Anas ferruginea was named by Pallas (1764). It is extant.

It was recombined as Casarca ferruginea by Rudenko (1960); it was recombined as Tadorna ferruginea by Burchak-Abramovich and Burchak (1998), Bedetti and Pavia (2013), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1764Anas ferruginea Pallas
1960Casarca ferruginea Rudenko
1998Tadorna ferruginea Burchak-Abramovich and Burchak p. 54
2013Tadorna ferruginea Bedetti and Pavia p. 34 figs. Pl 1, fig d
2014Tadorna ferruginea del Hoyo et al.
2017Tadorna ferruginea 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
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—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
subfamilyTadorninaeReichenbach 1849
genusTadornaBoie 1822
speciesferruginea(Pallas 1764)

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.

Tadorna ferruginea Pallas 1764 [Ruddy shelduck]
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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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volanto
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 19:27:52
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:27:52
Source: o = order
References: Sedinger 1997, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.80000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt Tadorna ferruginea (21888)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Tadorna ferruginea (22508 22545)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Tadorna ferruginea (197789 197790)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Wales) Tadorna ferruginea (124954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Casarca ferruginea (79548)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Tadorna ferruginea (197768)