Anas pachyscelus Wetmore 1960 (Bermuda flightless duck)

Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1960. Pleistocene birds in Bermuda. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 140(2):1-11

Belongs to Anas according to A. Wetmore 1960

See also Brodkorb 1964

Sister taxa: Anas (Nettium), Anas acuta, Anas amotape, Anas apscheronica, Anas bahamensis, Anas basaltica, Anas bernieri, Anas blanchardi, Anas castanea, Anas chathamica, Anas cheuen, Anas chlorotis, Anas crassa, Anas crecca, Anas erythrorhyncha, Anas flavirostris, Anas fulvigula, Anas georgica, Anas gracilis, Anas isarensis, Anas itchtucknee, Anas kurochkini, Anas laysanensis, Anas luederitzensis, Anas macroptera, Anas marecula, Anas melleri, Anas meyeri, Anas platyrhynchos, Anas risgoviensis, Anas robusta, Anas rubripes, Anas sanctaehelenae, Anas schneideri, Anas skalicensis, Anas soporata, Anas superciliosa, Anas talarae, Anas theodori, Anas wyvilliana

Type specimen: USNM 22506, a set of limb elements (left tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is H. Bernard Wilkinson Quarry, which is in a Pleistocene fissure fill horizon in Bermuda.

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at H. Bernard Wilkinson Quarry

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