Alopochen mauritiana

Alopochen mauritiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anatoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Cladus: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crocopoda Cladus: Archosauriformes Cladus: Eucrocopoda Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Subclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Cladus: Neornithes Infraclassis: Neognathae Cladus: Pangalloanserae Cladus: Galloanseres Ordo: Anseriformes Subordo: Anseres Superfamilia: Anatoidea

Familia: Anatidae
Genus: Alopochen
Species: †Alopochen mauritiana

Name

Alopochen mauritiana (E. Newton & Gadow, 1893)

• Type locality: Mauritius, Mare aux Songes marsh.

Synonymy

• Sarcidiornis mauritianus (protonym)
• Alopochen mauritianus
• Sarkidiornis mauritianus

References

Primary references

• Newton, E. & Gadow, H.F. 1893. On additional bones of the Dodo and other extinct Birds of Mauritius obtained by Mr. Théodore Sauzier. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 13(1): 281–302. BHL Reference page.  p. 290

Links

• Alopochen mauritianus – Taxon details on Fossilworks.
• IUCN: Alopochen mauritiana  (Extinct)

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Mauritiusgans
• English: Mauritius Sheldgoose
• español: Ganso de Mauricio
• français: Ouette de Maurice
• italiano: Casarca di Mauritius
• Nederlands: Mauritiusgans
• português: ganso-da-maurícia
• svenska: mauritiusgås

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