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Anas platyrhynchos (mallard)

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Anas platyrhynchos was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Anas.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Anas boschas Linnaeus
1758Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus
1902Anas boschas Hay p. 529
1930Anas platyrhynchos Hay p. 304
1931Anas platyrhynchos Wetmore p. 20
1940Anas platyrhynchos Wetmore p. 23
1942Anas platyrhynchos Miller and DeMay p. 85
1946Anas platyrhynchos Howard p. 173
1956Anas platyrhynchos Wetmore p. 29
1958Anas platyrhynchos Brodkorb p. 238
1960Anas platyrhynchos Rudenko
1967Anas platyrhynchos Jehl p. 25
1992Anas platyrhynchos Parmalee p. 310
1998Anas platyrhynchos Burchak-Abramovich and Burchak p. 54
2001Anas platyrhynchos Olson and Rasmussen p. 285
2002Anas platyrhynchos Chiappe p. 461
2004Anas platyrhynchos Broughton p. 19
2008Anas platyrhynchos Zelenkov et al.
2014Anas platyrhynchos del Hoyo et al.
2017Anas platyrhynchos Clements et al.
2018Anas platyrhynchos Carrera et al. p. 153
2018Anas platyrhynchos Michailidis et al. p. 87 figs. 2C, 4C

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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()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
PangalloanseraeGauthier and de Queiroz 2001
GalloanseraeSibley and Ahlquist 1990
superorderGalloanserimorphae
orderAnseriformesWagler 1831
familyAnatidaeVigors 1825
subfamilyAnatinaeVigors 1825
tribeAnatiniVigors 1825
genusAnas
speciesplatyrhynchos

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.

Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus 1758 [mallard]
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Invalid names: Anas boschas Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
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: freshwatersubf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantsubf
Diet: herbivoresubf
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 19:26:23
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:26:23
Source: subf = subfamily, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Sedinger 1997

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (78 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Anas platyrhynchos (52582)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Idaho) Anas platyrhynchos (176410)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Anas platyrhynchos (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) Anas platyrhynchos (58420)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom Anas platyrhynchos (124960)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt Anas platyrhynchos (21888 21892)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Anas platyrhynchos (22508 22544 22545)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Anas platyrhynchos (125441 125442)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Anas platyrhynchos (22536)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.806 - 0.126Spain (Granada) Anas platyrhynchos (35078)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Anas platyrhynchos (20400)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Italy (Verona) Anas boschas (43664)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Italy Anas platyrhynchos (197786 197926)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (California) Anas platyrhynchos (20639)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Japan (Aomori) Anas platyrhynchos (101897)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Italy (Roma) Anas platyrhynchos (44090)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Greece Anas platyrhynchos (187637 194475 194477 199937 199938 199939 199940)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.781 - 0.0United Kingdom Anas platyrhynchos (197163)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Azerbaijan Anas platyrhynchos (193356)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Italy Anas platyrhynchos (197769 197773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Anas platyrhynchos (71670)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Russian Federation Anas platyrhynchos (194811)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Anas platyrhynchos (154773 154922)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Romania Anas platyrhynchos (197946)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Anas platyrhynchos (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Russian Federation Anas platyrhynchos (79548)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) Anas platyrhynchos (197461)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Montana) Anas platyrhynchos (93182)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Japan (Aomori) Anas platyrhynchos (101898)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Spain Anas platyrhynchos (197938)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Anas platyrhynchos (20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Anas platyrhynchos (84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117United Kingdom Anas platyrhynchos (124956)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Anas boschas (176222) Anas platyrhynchos (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Anas platyrhynchos (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Anas platyrhynchos (20273 44954 79630 190077 218989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Anas platyrhynchos (76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Anas platyrhynchos (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Anas platyrhynchos (20569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Anas platyrhynchos (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0Romania Anas platyrhynchos (197949)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0USA (Utah) Anas platyrhynchos (93326)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Finland Anas platyrhynchos (177177 209129 209145)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Anas platyrhynchos (195062 195067)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Anas platyrhynchos (194905 194906 194907 194908 194909 194910 194912 194913 194926 194927 194928)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation Anas platyrhynchos (194810)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Georgia) Anas platyrhynchos (152113)