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Melanitta nigra (common scoter)

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Anas nigra was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type specimen is 1. It is the type species of Oidemia.

It was recombined as Oidemia nigra by Hay (1930); it was recombined as Melanitta nigra by Olson and Rasmussen (2001) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Anas nigra Linnaeus
1930Oidemia nigra Hay p. 308
2001Melanitta nigra Olson and Rasmussen p. 289
2017Melanitta nigra 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
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—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
subfamilyAnatinaeVigors 1825
tribeMerginiBonaparte 1838
genusMelanittaBoie 1822
speciesnigra()

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.

Melanitta nigra Linnaeus 1758 [common scoter]
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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: 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 (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Melanitta nigra (52582)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) Melanitta nigra (77754 78015)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Melanitta nigra (125088)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Melanitta nigra (215694)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Santander) Melanitta nigra (125320)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway Melanitta nigra (73689)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Melanitta nigra (197768)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Finland Melanitta nigra (177177)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Melanitta nigra (228921)