Aves - Suliformes - Anhingidae
Parent taxon: Anhingidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Alvarez 1977, Becker 1986, Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Emslie 1998, Louchart et al. 2008, Mayr et al. 2020, Mlikovsky 2002, Olson 1985, Tambussi et al. 2023, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Worthy and Nguyen 2020
Sister taxa: Liptornis, Macranhinga, Meganhinga, Pseudolarus
Subtaxa: Anhinga anhinga Anhinga beckeri Anhinga grandis Anhinga hesterna Anhinga malagurala Anhinga melanogaster Anhinga novaehollandiae Anhinga pannonica Anhinga rufa Anhinga subvolans Anhinga walterbolesi
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Greece (2), Madagascar (1), Mexico (2), United States (5: Florida)
• Pliocene of Australia (2), Chad (2), India (1), Kenya (1)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Kenya (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Australia (1), Brazil (2), Chad (2), Colombia (1), Ethiopia (2), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Kenya (1), Tunisia (1), United States (2: Florida)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
Total: 39 collections including 44 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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