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Alopochen kervazoi (Réunion shelduck)
Taxonomy
Mascarenachen kervazoi was named by Cowles (1994). Its type specimen is MNHN LAC 1993.19, a maxilla (rostrum maxillare), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grotte des Premiers Francais, bed 5, which is in a Holocene cave horizon in Reunion.
It was recombined as Alopochen (Mascarenachen) kervazoi by Mourer-Chauviré et al. (1999); it was recombined as Alopochen kervazoi by Hume (2013), del Hoyo et al. (2014).
It was recombined as Alopochen (Mascarenachen) kervazoi by Mourer-Chauviré et al. (1999); it was recombined as Alopochen kervazoi by Hume (2013), del Hoyo et al. (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1994 | Mascarenachen kervazoi Cowles p. 88 figs. 1a-c |
| 1999 | Alopochen (Mascarenachen) kervazoi Mourer-Chauviré et al. p. 11 figs. 7f-n |
| 2013 | Alopochen kervazoi Hume p. 212 |
| 2014 | Alopochen kervazoi del Hoyo 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.
†Alopochen kervazoi Cowles 1994 [Réunion shelduck]
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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 | |||||