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Tadorna tadorna (Common shelduck)

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Anas tadorna was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Tadorna tadorna by del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017) and Pavia et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Anas tadorna Linnaeus p. 122
2014Tadorna tadorna del Hoyo et al.
2017Tadorna tadorna Clements et al.
2018Tadorna tadorna Pavia et al. p. 33 fig. 2B

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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
speciestadorna()

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 tadorna Linnaeus 1758 [Common 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: Marsh 1875, Sedinger 1997

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Tadorna tadorna (125089)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Tadorna tadorna (20327)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy Tadorna tadorna (197786)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Tadorna tadorna (215708 215752)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Vizcaya) Tadorna tadorna (125319)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Santander) Tadorna tadorna (125320)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Tadorna tadorna (93837)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Tadorna tadorna (197768)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Tadorna tadorna (215702)