Branta minuscula Wetmore 1924 (goose)

Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Alternative combinations: Anabernicula miniscula, Anabernicula minuscula

Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1924. Fossil birds from southeastern Arizona. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 64(5):1-18

Belongs to Branta according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Brodkorb 1964, Howard 1972, Lambrecht 1933, Miller and DeMay 1942, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Wetmore 1924, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Branta bernicla, Branta canadensis, Branta dickeyi, Branta esmeralda, Branta howardae, Branta hutchinsii, Branta hylobadistes, Branta hypsibata, Branta leucopsis, Branta propinqua, Branta ruficollis, Branta sandvicensis, Branta woolfendeni

Type specimen: USNM 10548, a limb element. Its type locality is Benson, south, which is in a Neogene terrestrial horizon in Arizona.

Ecology: volant folivore-granivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (2: California collections)

• Pliocene of United States (2: Florida, North Carolina)

• Neogene of United States (1: Arizona)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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