Anas itchtucknee McCoy, 1963:341
Itchtucknee duck
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Anas itchetucknee McCoy, 1963:341 [orth. error]
This species is of questionable validity (Campbell, 1980).
Conservation Status
Invalid?
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Florida, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: UF/PB 8501
Media
References
Original scientific description:
McCoy, John J. (1963). The fossil avifauna of Itchtucknee River, Florida. The Auk 80(3): 335-351.
Other references:
Campbell, K. E. Jnr. (1980). A review of the Rancholabrean avifauna of the Itchtucknee River, Florida. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Ang. Cty. Contrib. Sci. 330: 119-129.
Sayol, Ferran, Steinbauer, Manuel J., Blackburn, Tim M., Antonelli, Alexandre and Faurby, Søren. (2020). Anthropogenic extinctions conceal widespread evolution of flightlessness in birds. Science Advances 6(49): eabb6095. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6095 [Supplementary Material (Data File S1)]
Tyrberg, Tommy. (2008). The Late Pleistocene Continental Avian extinction – an evaluation of the fossil evidence. Oryctos 7: 249-269.