Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Alternative spelling: Dendrocygnini
Parent taxon: Anatidae according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Brodkorb 1964, Cheneval 1984, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Dozo et al. 2010, Emslie 1992, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Martin 1988, Mlíkovsky and Svec 1986, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Zelenkov 2017
Sister taxa: Aldabranas, Allgoviachen, Aminornis, Anatinae, Ankonetta, Anserinae, Archaeocycnus, Biziura, Cairina, Callonetta, Cayaoa, Centrornis, Cereopsinae, Chelychelynechen, Chendytes, Chenoanas, Chenopis, Chloephaga, Cnemiornis, Dendrocheninae, Eoneornis, Eonessinae, Erismaturinae, Euryanas, Eutelornis, Fuligulinae, Geochen, Histrionicus, Hymenolaimus, Lavanttalornis, Lophonetta, Loxornis, Malacorhynchus, Mareca, Marmaronetta, Merganettinae, Mergellus, Netta, Nettapus, Nogusunna, Nomonyx, Nyrocinae, Olar, Oressochen, Oxyura, Oxyurinae, Paracygnopterus, Plectropterinae, Plectropterus, Pleistoanser, Protomelanitta, Ptaiochen, Romainvillinae, Sharganetta, Sibirionetta, Sinanas, Spatula, Stictonettinae, Tadorninae, Teleornis, Thalassorninae, Thalassornis, Thambetochen
Subtaxa: Dendrocygna
Type: Dendrocygna
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), Barbados (1), Bolivia (1), Cook Islands (1), East Timor (1), Ecuador (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), Panama (1), Peru (1), Puerto Rico (1), Venezuela (1)
• Blancan of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Argentina (3), Australia (1)
• Neogene of United States (1: Arizona)
• Miocene of Argentina (2)
Total: 21 collections including 24 occurrences