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Bucephala

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Bucephala Baird
1885Charitonetta Stejneger
1891Glaucionetta Shufeldt p. 819
1902Glaucionetta Hay p. 530
1930Charitonetta Hay p. 307
1940Charitonetta Wetmore p. 26
1940Glaucionetta Wetmore p. 26
1955Bucephala Brodkorb p. 18
1956Bucephala Wetmore p. 32
1962Bucephala Wetmore p. 6
1964Bucephala Brodkorb p. 330
1967Bucephala Brodkorb p. 110
1972Bucephala Howard p. 11
1992Bucephala Emslie p. 257
2001Bucephala Olson and Rasmussen p. 289
2009Bucephala Gonzalez et al.
2017Bucephala 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
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
subfamilyAnatinaeVigors 1825
tribeMerginiBonaparte 1838
genusBucephalaBaird 1858

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.

G. Bucephala Baird 1858
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Bucephala albeola Linnaeus 1758 [bufflehead]
†Bucephala angustipes Jánossy 1965
Bucephala clangula Linnaeus 1758 [common goldeneye]
Bucephala islandica Gmelin 1789 [Barrow's goldeneye]
†Bucephala ossivallis Brodkorb 1955
Invalid names: Charitonetta Stejneger 1885 [synonym], Glaucionetta Someguy [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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.62000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.1 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Hungary (Nograd) B. cereti (167497)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Florida) B. ossivallis (122351)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) B. sp. (19446)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) B. clangula, B. albeola (52582)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Idaho) B. sp. (181255)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) B. albeola (19753)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Idaho) B. sp. (176410)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) B. albeola (19750)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) B. albeola (20400)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) B. albeola (20639) B. fossilis (192287)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) B. clangula (195048)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0United Kingdom B. clangula (197163)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) B. albeola (84885) B. clangula, B. albeola (84881)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) B. albeola (84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) B. albeola (82258) B. sp. (104697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) B. albeola (176267) Charitonetta albeola (44954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Charitonetta albeola (93251) Glaucionetta islandica (176222)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) B. albeola (20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) B. albeola (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jordan B. clangula (197945)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Finland B. clangula (209131)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation B. clangula (194809)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Estonia B. clangula (195026)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) B. albeola (194912 194926) B. sp. (194905 194927 194928) B. sp., B. albeola (194906 194907 194914)