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Anhingidae (darter)
Taxonomy
Anhingidae was named by Ridgway (1887). It is extant.
It was assigned to Sulides by Lambrecht (1933); to Sulae by Olson (1985), Carroll (1988) and Olson and Hasegawa (1996); to Suloidae by Wetmore (1956), Mayr (2005) and Bourdon et al. (2005); to Phalacrocoracoidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Pelecaniformes by Alvarez (1977), Louchart et al. (2008) and Cenizo and Agnolín (2010); to Aequornithes by Mayr (2011); and to Suliformes by Wetmore (1940), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017), Worthy and Nguyen (2020), Mayr et al. (2020), Mayr (2022), Tambussi et al. (2023) and Guilherme et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Sulides by Lambrecht (1933); to Sulae by Olson (1985), Carroll (1988) and Olson and Hasegawa (1996); to Suloidae by Wetmore (1956), Mayr (2005) and Bourdon et al. (2005); to Phalacrocoracoidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Pelecaniformes by Alvarez (1977), Louchart et al. (2008) and Cenizo and Agnolín (2010); to Aequornithes by Mayr (2011); and to Suliformes by Wetmore (1940), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017), Worthy and Nguyen (2020), Mayr et al. (2020), Mayr (2022), Tambussi et al. (2023) and Guilherme et al. (2023).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1887 | Anhingidae Ridgway |
1933 | Anhingidae Lambrecht p. 298 |
1940 | Anhingidae Wetmore p. 14 |
1956 | Anhingidae Wetmore p. 18 |
1977 | Anhingidae Alvarez p. 213 |
1985 | Anhingidae Olson p. 205 |
1988 | Anhingidae Carroll |
1996 | Anhingidae Olson and Hasegawa p. 742 |
2005 | Anhingidae Bourdon et al. p. 166 |
2005 | Anhingidae Mayr p. 67 |
2007 | Anhingidae Livezey and Zusi p. 91 |
2008 | Anhingidae Louchart et al. p. 153 |
2010 | Anhingidae Cenizo and Agnolín p. 495 |
2011 | Anhingidae Mayr p. 73 figs. Figure 5 |
2014 | Anhingidae del Hoyo et al. |
2017 | Anhingidae Clements et al. |
2020 | Anhingidae Mayr et al. p. 4 |
2020 | Anhingidae Worthy and Nguyen p. 92 |
2022 | Anhingidae Mayr p. 119 figs. Fig. 7.1 |
2023 | Anhingidae Guilherme et al. |
2023 | Anhingidae Tambussi et al. p. 271 |
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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.
Fm. Anhingidae Ridgway 1887 [darter]
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G. Anhinga Brisson 1760
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Anhinga anhinga Linnaeus 1766 [anhinga]
†Anhinga beckeri Emslie 1998
†Anhinga grandis Martin and Mengel 1975
†Anhinga hesterna Ameghino 1894
†Anhinga malagurala Mackness 1995
Anhinga melanogaster Pennant 1769 [oriental darter]
Anhinga novaehollandiae Gould 1847 [Australasian darter]
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Invalid names: Plotus laticeps De Vis 1905 [synonym]
†Anhinga pannonica Lambrect 1916
Anhinga rufa Daudin 1802 [African darter]
†Anhinga subvolans Brodkorb 1956
†Anhinga walterbolesi Worthy 2012
G. †Liptornis
G. †Macranhinga Noriega 1992
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†Macranhinga ameghinoi Diederle and Agnolín 2017
†Macranhinga paranensis Noriega 1992
†Macranhinga ranzii Alvarenga and Guilherme 2003
G. †Pseudolarus Ameghino 1891
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†Pseudolarus eocaenus Ameghino 1895
Invalid names: Pseudolarus guaraniticus Ameghino 1899 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 28.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Collections (44 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Oligocene | Australia (South Australia) | Anhinga walterbolesi (216846) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Argentina | Macranhinga sp. (43003) | |
Hemingfordian | USA (Florida) | Phalacrocorax subvolans (18597) | |
Santacrucian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Liptornis hesternus (27313) | |
Serravallian | Chile (Malleco) | Meganhinga chilensis (137122) | |
Serravallian - Tortonian | Tunisia (Gafsa) | Anhinga pannonica (35281) | |
Laventan | Colombia (Huila) | Anhinga grandis (186683) | |
MN 6 - MN 7 + 8 | Hungary (Nograd) | Anhinga sp. (167497) | |
Late/Upper Clarendonian | USA (Florida) | Anhingidae indet. (18554) | |
Tortonian | Brazil (Acre) | Anhinga fraileyi, Anhinga minuta, Anhinga grandis, Macranhinga ranzii (55602) Macranhinga sp. (67384) | |
Tortonian | Germany (Bavaria) | Anhinga pannonica (34256) | |
Tortonian - Messinian | Kenya | Anhinga rufa (22241) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Ethiopia | Anhinga melanogaster (192301 192303) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Australia (Northern Territory) | Anhinga sp. (13315) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Brazil (Acre) | Anhinga minuta, Anhinga fraileyi, Anhinga grandis (136714) Macranhinga ranzii (217877) | |
Hemphillian | USA (Florida) | Anhinga grandis (18560) | |
early Early Hemphillian - late Early Hemphillian | USA (Florida) | Anhinga grandis (18539) | |
Huayquerian | Argentina (Paraná) | Macranhinga paranensis (212306) | |
Huayquerian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | Anhinga minuta, Macranhinga paranensis, Macranhinga ranzii (140471) | |
Messinian | Chad | Anhinga pannonica (59839) Anhinga sp., Anhinga melanogaster (192292) | |
Messinian - Zanclean | Kenya | Anhinga rufa (22242) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | Kenya | Anhinga sp. (232486) | |
Zanclean | Australia (Queensland) | Anhinga malagurala (51266) Anhinga sp. (182159) | |
Piacenzian | India | Anhinga sp. (176226) | |
Piacenzian | Chad | Anhinga melanogaster (22505) Aves indet. (22506) | |
Pleistocene | Mexico (Jalisco) | Anhinga anhinga (169983) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Greece | Anhinga sp. (187637 194476) | |
Middle Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Anhinga anhinga (195048) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Anhinga anhinga (20440) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Anhinga melanogaster (194846) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Anhinga melanogaster (22066) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Florida) | Anhinga sp. (154722) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Plotus laticeps (176412) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Anhinga anhinga (154773) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Anhinga anhinga (20636) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Madagascar | Anhinga melanogaster (195018) | |
Holocene | Mexico | Anhinga anhinga (215471) |