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Anas schneideri Emslie, 1985:202

Schneider's teal

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

 

Distribution

Wyoming, USA

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Holotype: UCM 49533 ("left carpometacarpus")

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Emslie, Steven D. (1985). A New Species of Teal from the Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) of Wyoming. The Auk 102(1): 201-205.

 

Other references:

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.

 

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