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Mergus serrator (red-breasted merganser)

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Mergus serrator was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mergus serrator Linnaeus
1930Mergus serrator Hay p. 309
1940Mergus serrator Wetmore p. 29
1956Mergus serrator Wetmore p. 34
1992Mergus serrator Emslie p. 258
1992Mergus serrator Guthrie p. 321
2004Mergus serrator Broughton p. 23
2008Mergus serrator Zelenkov et al.
2017Mergus serrator 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
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—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
subfamilyAnatinaeVigors 1825
tribeMerginiBonaparte 1838
genusMergus
speciesserrator

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.

Mergus serrator Linnaeus 1758 [red-breasted merganser]
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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: freshwatersubf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantsubf
Diet: herbivoresubf
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 19:26:23
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:26:23
Source: subf = subfamily, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Sedinger 1997

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Mergus serrator (52582)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Mergus serrator (22544 22545)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt Mergus serrator (21888)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Mergus serrator (125088)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0United Kingdom Mergus serrator (197163)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.3 - 0.0USA (California) Mergus serrator (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Mergus serrator (120829 125236)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Mergus serrator (20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Santander) Mergus serrator (125320)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Mergus serrator (194811)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Mergus serrator (150207 215694)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Mergus serrator (93251)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Estonia Mergus serrator (195026)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Mergus serrator (194906 194908 194910 194912)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland) Mergus serrator (228844)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Finland Mergus serrator (177177)