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Genus of duck

Mergellus
Smew (Mergellus albellus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Subfamily: Anatinae
Genus: Mergellus
Selby, 1840
Species

Mergellus is a genus of duck. The smew (Mergellus albellus) is the only living species, but an extinct species known as Mergellus mochanovi has also been described from Late Pleistocene deposits in the Yakutia region of Russia.

References

  1. Zelenkov, N. (2014). "Two New Waterfowl Species (Aves: Anseriformes) from the Upper Pleistocene of Yakutia: The First Extinct Species of Quaternary Birds from Russia". Paleontological Journal. 48 (6): 645–654. Bibcode:2014PalJ...48..645Z. doi:10.1134/S0031030114060161. S2CID 85286257.
Genera of waterfowl and their extinct allies
Avemetatarsalia
Theropoda
Maniraptora
Anserimorphae
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Anserimorphae
Anserimorphae
Presbyornithidae
Anachronornithidae
Anseriformes
sensu stricto
Anhimae
Anhimidae
Anseres
Anseranatoidea
Anseranatidae
Anatoidea
Paranyrocidae
Anatidae
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Presbyornis pervetus
Anatidae
Anatidae
Romainvillinae
Dendrocygninae
Dendrocheninae
Stictonettinae
Anserinae
Tadorninae
Anatinae
Oxyurini
Mergini
Anatini
Aythyini
Chelychelynechen quassus
Taxon identifiers
Mergellus
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