Melanitta fusca Linnaeus 1758 (velvet scoter)
PaleoDB taxon number: 368045
Alternative combination: Anas fusca
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Melanitta according to J. Watanabe et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Melanitta (Pelionetta), Melanitta ceruttii, Melanitta nigra, Melanitta perspicillata
Subtaxa: Melanitta fusca deglandi