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Spatula discors (blue-winged teal)

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Anas discors was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant. Its type specimen is 1.

It was recombined as Querquedula discors by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940) and Gut and Ray (1963); it was recombined as Spatula discors by Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Anas discors Linnaeus
1902Anas discors Hay p. 529
1930Querquedula discors Hay p. 306
1940Querquedula discors Wetmore p. 25
1962Anas discors Wetmore p. 6
1963Querquedula discors Gut and Ray
1992Anas discors Emslie p. 256
2001Anas discors Olson and Rasmussen p. 285
2015Anas discors Steadman et al. p. 557
2016Anas discors Kilmer and Steadman p. 8 fig. 6F
2017Spatula discors Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—PangalloanseraeGauthier and de Queiroz 2001
—GalloanseraeSibley and Ahlquist 1990
superorderGalloanserimorphae
orderAnseriformesWagler 1831
familyAnatidaeVigors 1825
genusSpatulaBoie 1822
speciesdiscors(Linnaeus 1766)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Spatula discors Linnaeus 1766 [blue-winged teal]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volanto
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 19:27:52
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:27:52
Source: o = order
References: Sedinger 1997, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Blancan to the top of the Holocene or 4.90000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Anas discors (52582)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Anas discors (19753 176340)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Anas discors (19750)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Anas discors (195049)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Querquedula discors (20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Anas discors (20595 20636) Querquedula discors (20573)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Anas discors (176222)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Anas discors (82258 103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Anas discors (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Anas discors (84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) Anas discors (63515)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Spatula discors (195062)