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Dendrocygna

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Dendrocygna Swinson
1924Dendrocygna Wetmore p. 3
1930Dendrocygna Hay p. 304
1933Dendrocygna Lambrecht p. 365
1940Dendrocygna Wetmore p. 23
1956Dendrocygna Wetmore p. 28
1964Dendrocygna Brodkorb p. 215
1986Dendrocygna Mlíkovsky and Svec p. 262
1988Dendrocygna Livezey and Martin p. 207
1992Dendrocygna Emslie p. 253
2014Dendrocygna del Hoyo et al.
2017Dendrocygna 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
subfamilyDendrocygninaeReichenbach 1850
genusDendrocygnaSwinson 1837

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. Dendrocygna Swinson 1837
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Dendrocygna arborea Linnaeus 1758 [West Indian whistling duck]
Dendrocygna arcuata Horsfield 1824 [Wandering whistling-duck]
Dendrocygna autumnalis Linnaeus 1758 [Black-bellied whistling duck]
Dendrocygna bicolor Vieillot 1816 [Fulvous whistling-duck]
†Dendrocygna eversa Wetmore 1924
Dendrocygna eytoni Eyton 1838 [Plumed whistling-duck]
Dendrocygna guttata Schlegel 1866 [Spotted whistling-duck]
Dendrocygna javanica Horsfield 1821 [Lesser whistling-duck]
Dendrocygna viduata Linnaeus 1766 [White-faced whistling-duck]
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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volanto
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 19:27:52
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:27:52
Source: o = order
References: Sedinger 1997, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Blancan to the top of the Holocene or 4.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.8 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Neogene23.03 - 2.58USA (Arizona) D. eversa (216972)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Queensland) D. arcuata (182159)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) D. sp. (152062)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) D. sp. (19753)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Buenos Aires) D. sp. (202096)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador D. autumnalis (152599)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117East Timor D. arcuata (204407)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) D. autumnalis, D. bicolor (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru D. autumnalis (71346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Barbados D. arborea, D. autumnalis (155059)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cook Islands D. sp. (193448)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Puerto Rico D. arborea, D. autumnalis (194583)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bolivia (Chuquisaca) D. sp. (70705)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar D. sp. (195019)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama D. viduata (195070)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) D. autumnalis (195047)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) D. sp. (63338)