Chendytes milleri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anatoidea
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Familia: Anatidae
Subfamilia: Merginae
Genus: †Chendytes
Species: ‡Chendytes milleri

Name

‡Chendytes milleri Howard, 1955

Type material

Holotype:NHMLA 2364 (right humerus)
- Repository: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, Unites States
  - Collector:November 1950 by an L.A. Co. Museum field team

Paratypes:NHMLA 2378 (left femur); 2386 (scapula); 2387 (ulna)
- Repository: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, Unites States
  - Collector:November 1950 by an L.A. Co. Museum field team

Type locality

Pleistocene, Rancholabrean; San Nicolás Island, Ventura County, California, USA

Etymology

"...named in honor of Dr. Loye Miller, author of the genus."

Distribution

Pleistocene

Rancholabrean
- ?; San Nicolás Island, Ventura County, California, USA

References

Primary references

Howard H. 1955. New Records and a New Species of Chendytes, an Extinct Genus of Diving Geese. Condor 57(3 May–June): 135–143. doi:10.2307/1364861. https://sora.unm.edu/node/100701.