Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anseriformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dracohors
Superordo: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Classis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Euornithes
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Ornithurae
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Anseriformes

Familia: Anatidae
Subfamilia: Merginae
Genus: Mergus
Species: †Mergus milleneri

Name

Mergus milleneri Williams & Tennyson, 2014: 22

  • Original genus: Mergus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Original status: Valid species
  • Primary type: Holotype
    • Fixation: Designated
    • Description: Female skull
    • Repository: MONZ (NMNZ S.29496.3)
  • Type locality: 'The cave Te Ana a Moe, Chatham Island, Pacific Ocean (Holocene age)' [NEW ZEALAND CH]
  • ZooBank: DE0D341A-7B5C-4002-B77B-C27F15F3C474

References

  • Williams, M.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Sim, D. 2014: Island differentiation of New Zealand's extinct mergansers (Anatidae: Mergini), with description of a new species from Chatham Island. Wildfowl 64: 3-34. Abstract and full article (PDF) Reference page.  [See p. 22, and figs. 3A, 4; original description]
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