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Amazonetta cubensis

Amazonetta cubensis

Zelenkov, 2025

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Material: Holotype only. Measurements (mm): Total length 66.8; maximum proximal width (through tuberculum dorsale) 15.5; proximal width from tuberculum dorsale to ventral edge of caput humeri 11.9; craniocaudal thickness of caput humeri 5.6; minimum dorsoventral depth of the shaft 5.1; maximum width of the shaft in the central part 5.7; maximum (oblique) distal width 11.6; dorsoventral distal width 10.6; height through condylus dorsalis 6.5.

Zelenkov, Nikita (2025): A new duck (Aves: Anatidae) from the Upper Pleistocene of Cuba. Zootaxa 5633 (1): 139-150, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5633.1.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5633.1.7

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Zelenkov, Nikita (2025): A new duck (Aves: Anatidae) from the Upper Pleistocene of Cuba. Zootaxa 5633 (1): 139-150, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5633.1.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5633.1.7

Diagnosis: a relatively small duck, similar in overall proportions, morphology and size of the humerus to modern Amazonetta brasiliensis, but with shaft thinner, crista bicipitalis more steeply oriented, tuberculum dorsale less proximally protruding, imprint of the m. pectoralis smaller.

Zelenkov, Nikita (2025): A new duck (Aves: Anatidae) from the Upper Pleistocene of Cuba. Zootaxa 5633 (1): 139-150, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5633.1.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5633.1.7

Etymology: Species name is referred to the currently known Cuban occurrence. Suggested common name is Cuban teal.

Zelenkov, Nikita (2025): A new duck (Aves: Anatidae) from the Upper Pleistocene of Cuba. Zootaxa 5633 (1): 139-150, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5633.1.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5633.1.7

Holotype: PIN 5781 / 40 (Figures 2 B, 3 B, 4 B), complete left humerus.

Zelenkov, Nikita (2025): A new duck (Aves: Anatidae) from the Upper Pleistocene of Cuba. Zootaxa 5633 (1): 139-150, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5633.1.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5633.1.7

Type Locality and age: El Abrón Cave; Western Cuba, Pinar-del-Río province; Late Pleistocene.

Zelenkov, Nikita (2025): A new duck (Aves: Anatidae) from the Upper Pleistocene of Cuba. Zootaxa 5633 (1): 139-150, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5633.1.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5633.1.7

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AnimaliaChordataAvesAnseriformesAnatidaeAmazonettaAmazonetta cubensis

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Animalia

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Chordata

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Aves

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Anseriformes

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Anatidae

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Amazonetta

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Amazonetta cubensis

Amazonetta cubensis

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FIGURE 2. Humeri of various species of Anatidae in caudal view (aligned to the same width of proximal end):A—Amazonetta brasiliensis, specimenAMNH 26189; B—Amazonetta cubensis sp. nov., holotype PIN 5781/40; C, D—Aix sponsa: C, specimen PIN 40-10-1 (Florida), D, specimen PIN 40-10-6 (Cuba); E—Spatula cyanoptera, specimen PIN 40-48-1; F—Spatula discors, specimen PIN 40-47-1; G—Anas laysanensis, specimen PIN 40-307-1. Abbreviations: cdf, crus dorsale fossae; ch, caput humeri; con, concavity in the dorsal surface of the crista deltopectoralis; fpt, fossa pneumotricipitalis; ic, incisura capitis; n, notch in the proximal margin of the bone formed by incisura capitis; shc, impressio m. scapulohumeralis cranialis; td, tuberculum dorsale; tv, tuberculum ventrale. Scale bars are 10 mm.

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FIGURE 3. Humeri of various species of Anatidae in cranial view (aligned to the same width of proximal end):A—Amazonetta brasiliensis, specimen AMNH, no. 26189; B—Amazonetta cubensis sp. nov., holotype PIN 5781/40; C, D—Aix sponsa: C, specimen PIN 40-10-1 (Florida), D, specimen PIN 40-10-6 (Cuba); E—Spatula cyanoptera, specimen PIN 40-48-1; F—Spatula discors, specimen PIN 40-47-1. Abbreviations: acd, dorsally protruding apex of the crista deltopectoralis; cpb, location of the distal end of the crista deltopectoralis relative to the distal end of the crista bicipitalis; cd, condylus dorsalis; cv, condylus ventralis; ed, epicondylus dorsalis; imp, impressio m. pectoralis; n, notch in the proximal margin of the bone formed by incisura capitis; pf, processus flexorius; st, sulcus transversus; tsv, tuberculum supracondylare ventrale; arrow indicates a dorsoventrally elongate “step” in the proximal edge of the bone formed by incisura capitis. Scale bars are 10 mm.

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FIGURE 4. Humeri of various species of Anatidae in dorsal view: A—Amazonetta brasiliensis, specimen AMNH 26189; B— Amazonetta cubensis sp. nov., holotype PIN 5781/40; C, D—Aix sponsa: C, specimen PIN 40-10-1 (Florida), D, specimen PIN 40-10-6 (Cuba); E—Spatula cyanoptera, specimen PIN 40-48-1. Abbreviations: shc, impressio m. scapulohumeralis cranialis; arrow indicates a gently diverging proximal wall of the crista deltopectoralis in A. sponsa. Scale bars are 10 mm.

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