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Anhingidae (darter)

Reptilia - Suliformes - Anhingidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Anhingidae Ridgway
1933Anhingidae Lambrecht p. 298
1940Anhingidae Wetmore p. 14
1956Anhingidae Wetmore p. 18
1977Anhingidae Alvarez p. 213
1985Anhingidae Olson p. 205
1988Anhingidae Carroll
1996Anhingidae Olson and Hasegawa p. 742
2005Anhingidae Bourdon et al. p. 166
2005Anhingidae Mayr p. 67
2007Anhingidae Livezey and Zusi p. 91
2008Anhingidae Louchart et al. p. 153
2010Anhingidae Cenizo and Agnolín p. 495
2011Anhingidae Mayr p. 73 figs. Figure 5
2014Anhingidae del Hoyo et al.
2017Anhingidae Clements et al.
2020Anhingidae Mayr et al. p. 4
2020Anhingidae Worthy and Nguyen p. 92
2022Anhingidae Mayr p. 119 figs. Fig. 7.1
2023Anhingidae Guilherme et al.
2023Anhingidae Tambussi et al. p. 271

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Aequornithes
Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderSuliformesSharpe 1891
familyAnhingidaeRidgway 1887
familyAnhingidaeRidgway 1887

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. †Meganhinga Alvarenga 1995
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Meganhinga chilensis Alvarenga 1995
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
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: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
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

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Australia (South Australia) Anhinga walterbolesi (216846)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina Macranhinga sp. (43003)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) Phalacrocorax subvolans (18597)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Liptornis hesternus (27313)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Chile (Malleco) Meganhinga chilensis (137122)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Tunisia (Gafsa) Anhinga pannonica (35281)
Laventan13.8 - 11.8Colombia (Huila) Anhinga grandis (186683)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Hungary (Nograd) Anhinga sp. (167497)
Late/Upper Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Florida) Anhingidae indet. (18554)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) Anhinga fraileyi, Anhinga minuta, Anhinga grandis, Macranhinga ranzii (55602) Macranhinga sp. (67384)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) Anhinga pannonica (34256)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya Anhinga rufa (22241)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ethiopia Anhinga melanogaster (192301 192303)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Australia (Northern Territory) Anhinga sp. (13315)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Brazil (Acre) Anhinga minuta, Anhinga fraileyi, Anhinga grandis (136714) Macranhinga ranzii (217877)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Anhinga grandis (18560)
early Early Hemphillian - late Early Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Anhinga grandis (18539)
Huayquerian9.0 - 6.8Argentina (Paraná) Macranhinga paranensis (212306)
Huayquerian9.0 - 6.8Argentina (Entre Rios) Anhinga minuta, Macranhinga paranensis, Macranhinga ranzii (140471)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chad Anhinga pannonica (59839) Anhinga sp., Anhinga melanogaster (192292)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Anhinga rufa (22242)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kenya Anhinga sp. (232486)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Queensland) Anhinga malagurala (51266) Anhinga sp. (182159)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588India Anhinga sp. (176226)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Chad Anhinga melanogaster (22505) Aves indet. (22506)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) Anhinga anhinga (169983)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Greece Anhinga sp. (187637 194476)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (Florida) Anhinga anhinga (195048)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Anhinga anhinga (20440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Anhinga melanogaster (194846)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Anhinga melanogaster (22066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Anhinga sp. (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Plotus laticeps (176412)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Anhinga anhinga (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Anhinga anhinga (20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0Madagascar Anhinga melanogaster (195018)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico Anhinga anhinga (215471)