Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Parent taxon: Anatinae according to J. Gonzalez et al. 2009
See also Bickart 1990, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Emslie 1992, Hou 1985, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Worthy and Nguyen 2020, Zelenkov 2012 and Zelenkov 2017
Sister taxa: Aix, Awengkere, Aythyini, Bambolinetta, Cairinini, Chaulelasmus, Chenonetta, Helonetta, Hymenolaimini, Mergini, Nettion, Presbychen, Querquedula, Sarkidiornis, Tadorini, Tadornini, Wasonaka
Subtaxa: Amazonetta Anabernicula Anas Matanas Mioquerquedula Tachyeres
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (7), Azerbaijan (1), Bermuda (1), Bolivia (1), Canada (3: Nunavut, Quebec), Chile (1), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Cook Islands (4), Ecuador (1), Egypt (9), Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (1), Finland (8), French Southern Territories (1), Greece (7), Hungary (1), Italy (8), Japan (3), Jordan (1), Madagascar (5), Malta (1), Mauritius (1), Mexico (4), New Caledonia (2), New Zealand (15), Peru (1), Portugal (1), Reunion (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (5), Solomon Islands (1), South Africa (1), Spain (10), Tonga (1), Turkmenistan (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (71: Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (1), Yemen (1)
• Blancan of United States (4: Florida)
• Pliocene of Hungary (1), United States (4: Florida, Idaho, North Carolina, Oregon)
• Miocene of China (1), the Czech Republic (1), Hungary (1), Mongolia (1), New Zealand (2), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 210 collections including 344 occurrences