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Anserinae (goose)
Taxonomy
Anserinae was named by Vigors (1825). It is extant. Its type is Anser.
It was assigned to Anatidae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Brodkorb (1964), Kurochkin and Ganea (1972), Howard (1972), Cheneval (1984), Mlíkovsky and Svec (1986), Livezey and Martin (1988), Bickart (1990), Emslie (1992), Matsuoka et al. (2001), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Livezey and Zusi (2007), Mourer-Chauviré (2008), Louchart et al. (2008), Gonzalez et al. (2009), Göhlich (2009), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Zelenkov (2017) and Worthy and Nguyen (2020).
It was assigned to Anatidae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Brodkorb (1964), Kurochkin and Ganea (1972), Howard (1972), Cheneval (1984), Mlíkovsky and Svec (1986), Livezey and Martin (1988), Bickart (1990), Emslie (1992), Matsuoka et al. (2001), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Livezey and Zusi (2007), Mourer-Chauviré (2008), Louchart et al. (2008), Gonzalez et al. (2009), Göhlich (2009), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Zelenkov (2017) and Worthy and Nguyen (2020).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1825 | Anserinae Vigors |
| 1930 | Anserinae Hay p. 301 |
| 1933 | Anserinae Lambrecht p. 367 |
| 1940 | Anserinae Wetmore p. 20 |
| 1956 | Anserinae Wetmore p. 25 |
| 1964 | Anserinae Brodkorb p. 211 |
| 1972 | Anserinae Howard p. 9 |
| 1972 | Anserinae Kurochkin and Ganea p. 54 |
| 1984 | Anserinae Cheneval p. 96 |
| 1986 | Anserinae Mlíkovsky and Svec p. 261 |
| 1988 | Anserinae Livezey and Martin p. 207 |
| 1990 | Anserinae Bickart p. 12 |
| 1992 | Anserinae Emslie p. 255 |
| 2001 | Anserinae Matsuoka et al. p. 1 |
| 2001 | Anserinae Olson and Rasmussen p. 282 |
| 2007 | Anserinae Livezey and Zusi p. 90 |
| 2008 | Anserinae Louchart et al. p. 158 |
| 2008 | Anserinae Mourer-Chauviré |
| 2009 | Anserinae Gonzalez et al. |
| 2009 | Anserinae Göhlich p. 511 |
| 2014 | Anserinae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Anserinae Zelenkov p. 224 |
| 2020 | Anserinae Worthy and Nguyen p. 76 |
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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.
Subfm. Anserinae Vigors 1825 [goose]
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Tr. Anserini Vigors 1825
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G. Anser Linnaeus 1758
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Anser albifrons Scopoli 1769 [greater white-fronted goose]
Anser anser Linnaeus 1758 [greylag goose]
†Anser arenosus Bickart 1990
†Anser arizonae Bickart 1990
†Anser atavus Fraas 1870
†Anser azerbaidzhanicus Serebrovsky 1940
Anser brachyrhynchus Baillon 1834 [pink-footed goose]
†Anser brumeli Milne-Edwards 1871
Anser caerulescens Linnaeus 1758 [snow goose]
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Invalid names: Chen hyperborea Pallas 1769 [synonym]
Anser canagicus Sevastianov 1802 [Emperor goose]
†Anser condoni Shufeldt 1891
†Anser cygniformis Fraas 1870
Anser cygnoid Linnaeus 1758 [Swan goose]
†Anser devjatkini Kurochkin 1971
†Anser djuktaiensis Zelenkov and Kurochkin 2014
Anser erythropus Linnaeus 1758 [lesser white-fronted goose]
Anser fabalis Latham 1787 [taiga bean-goose]
Anser indicus Latham 1790 [Bar-headed goose]
†Anser liskunae Kurochkin 1976
†Anser oeningensis von Meyer 1865
†Anser pressus Wetmore 1933
Anser rossii Cassin 1861 [Ross's goose]
†Anser scaldii Van Beneden 1873
†Anser thraceiensis Burchak-Abramovich and Nikolov 1984
Invalid names: Chen Boie 1822 [synonym]
G. Branta Scopoli 1769
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Branta bernicla Linnaeus 1758 [brant]
Branta bernicla nigricans Lawrence 1846 [brant]
Branta canadensis Linnaeus 1758 [Canada goose]
†Branta dickeyi Miller 1924
†Branta esmeralda Burt 1929
†Branta howardae Miller 1930
Branta hutchinsii Richardson 1832 [cackling goose]
†Branta hylobadistes Olson and James 1991
†Branta hypsibata Cope 1878
Branta leucopsis Bechstein 1803 [barnacle goose]
†Branta minuscula Wetmore 1924
†Branta propinqua Shufeldt 1891
Branta ruficollis Pallas 1769 [red-breasted goose]
Branta sandvicensis Vigors 1833 [nene]
†Branta woolfendeni Bickart 1990
G. †Cygnavus Lambrecht 1931
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†Cygnavus formosus Kurochkin 1968
†Cygnavus senckenbergi Lambrecht 1931
Tr. Cereopseini del Hoyo et al. 2014
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G. Cereopsis Latham 1801 [Cape barren goose]
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Cereopsis novaehollandiae Latham 1801 [Cape barren goose]
G. †Chenornis Portis 1884
Subfm. Cygninae [swan]
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G. †Cygnanser Kretzoi 1957
G. Cygnus Garsault 1764
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Subg. Cygnus (Olor) Wagler 1832
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†Cygnus (Olor) mariae Bickart 1990
Subg. Olor (Clangocycnus) Oberholser 1908
Subg. Olor (Olor) Wagler 1832
†Olor matthewi Schufeldt 1913
Subg. Cygnus (Sthenelides) Stejneger 1884
Cygnus atratus Latham 1790 [black swan]
Cygnus buccinator Richardson 1832 [trumpeter swan]
Cygnus columbianus Ord 1815 [tundra swan]
Cygnus columbianus bewickii Yarrell 1830 [Bewick's swan]
†Cygnus csakvarensis Lambrecht 1933
†Cygnus equitum Bate 1916
†Cygnus falconeri Parker 1865
†Cygnus herenthalsi Van Beneden 1873
†Cygnus hibbardi Brodkorb 1958
†Cygnus matthewi Shufeldt 1913
Cygnus melancoryphus Molina 1782 [Black-necked swan]
Cygnus olor Gmelin 1789 [mute swan]
†Cygnus pristinus Kurochkin 1971
†Cygnus sumnerensis Forbes 1889
†Cygnus sumnerensis chathamensis Oliver 1955
G. †Megalodytes
G. †Cygnopterus Lambrecht 1931
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†Cygnopterus affinis Van Beneden 1883
†Cygnopterus alphonsi Cheneval 1984
Tr. Stictonettini del Hoyo et al. 2014
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Invalid names: Malacorhynchini del Hoyo et al. 2014 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Holocene or 38.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (219 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | China (Xinjiang) | Cygnopterus sp. (176208) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Kazakhstan (Aktyubinskaya) | Cygnavus formosus (73994) | |
| Aquitanian | France (Auvergne) | Cygnopterus alphonsi (125333) | |
| Aquitanian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Cygnini indet. (21371) | |
| Neogene | USA (Arizona) | Branta minuscula (216972) | |
| Altonian | New Zealand (Otago) | Anserinae unnamed species 1 (175629) | |
| Altonian | New Zealand (South Island) | Anserinae unnamed species 1 (175632) Anserinae unnamed species 1, Anatidae unnamed species (73690) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | Anserinae indet. (18284) | |
| Early/Lower Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | Anserinae indet. (18004) | |
| Early/Lower Barstovian - early Late Barstovian | USA (California) | Branta woolfendeni (156738) | |
| Langhian | USA (California) | Branta sp. (59059 74629) Megalodytes morejohni (13297) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | USA (California) | Anserinae indet. (121152) | |
| Serravallian | Moldova (Chișinău) | Anserinae indet. (210590) | |
| Sarmatian | Moldova | Cygnus sp. (57734) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Oregon) | Eremochen russelli (18819 18820 18821) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Texas) | Anserinae indet. (18623) | |
| Late/Upper Clarendonian | USA (Florida) | Anserinae indet. (18554) | |
| Tortonian | Japan (Gunma) | Annakacygna hajimei (200052) Megalodytes sp. (56950) | |
| Tortonian | Belgium (Flanders) | Cygnus herenthalsi (67026) | |
| Vallesian | Austria | Anserinae indet. (192458) | |