Cygnus lacustris (De Vis, 1905:11)
Lake swan (proposed)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Archaeocygnus lacustris De Vis, 1905:11 (basionym)
Transferred to the genus Cygnus by Brodkorb (1964).
Conservation Status
Invalid?
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
South Australia, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
De Vis, Charles W. (1905). A contribution to the extinct avifauna of Australia. Annals of the Queensland Museum 6: 3-25.
Other references:
Antoine Louchart, Patrick Vignaud, Andossa Likius, Hassane Taisso Mackaye and Michel Brunet. (2005). A New Swan (Aves: Anatidae) in Africa, from the Latest Miocene of Chad and Libya. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(2): 384-392. [Abstract]
Brodkorb, Pierce. (1964). Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 8(3): 195-335.
Rich, Patricia Vickers and Van Tets, Gerry F. (1981). The fossil pelicans of Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum 18: 235-264.
Rich, Patricia Vickers and Van Tets, Gerry F. (1982). Fossil birds of Australia and New Guinea: their biogeographic, phylogenetic, and biostratigraphic input, pp. 235-384. In Rich, Patricia Vickers and Thompson, E. M. (eds.). The Fossil Vertebrate Record of Australasia. Clayton, Victoria: Monash University Offset Printing Unit.
Tyrberg, Tommy. (2008). The Late Pleistocene Continental Avian extinction – an evaluation of the fossil evidence. Oryctos 7: 249-269.
van Tets, Gerry F. (1984). A checklist of extinct fossil Australasian birds, pp. 469-475. In M. Archer & G. Clayton (eds.), Vertebrate Zoogeography & Evolution in Australasia. Hesperian Press.
Van Tets, Gerry F. and Rich, Patricia Vickers. (1990). An evaluation of de Vis' fossil birds. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 28: 165-168.
Worthy, Trevor H. and Nguyen, Jacqueline M. T. (2020). An annotated checklist of the fossil birds of Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 144(1): 66-108.
Worthy, Trevor H., Nguyen, Jacqueline M. T. and Travouillon, Kenny J. (2024). Checklist of the Fossil Bird Species of Australia. Available from: https://www.australasianpalaeontologists.com/national-fossil-species-lists [Accessed 24 November 2024]