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Somateria spectabilis (king eider)
Taxonomy
Anas spectabilis was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was recombined as Somateria spectabilis by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Somateria spectabilis by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1758 | Anas spectabilis Linnaeus p. 123 |
2014 | Somateria spectabilis del Hoyo et al. |
2017 | Somateria spectabilis 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.
Somateria spectabilis Linnaeus 1758 [king eider]
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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 Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (10 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Somateria spectabilis (20400) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Norway | Somateria spectabilis (73689) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | Somateria spectabilis (215694) | |
Holocene | Canada (Nunavut) | Somateria spectabilis (160848 228927 229484) | |
Holocene | Greenland | Somateria spectabilis (162014 226353 227826 230120) |