Shiriyanetta
Extinct species of bird
Shiriyanetta Temporal range: Mid Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Anseriformes |
Family: | Anatidae |
Genus: | †Shiriyanetta |
Species: | †S. hasegawai |
Binomial name | |
†Shiriyanetta hasegawai Watanabe et al 2015 |
Shiriyanetta hasegawai is an extinct species of seaduck from the Pleistocene of Japan. It was flightless, similar to the also extinct Chendytes from the opposite side of the Pacific.[1]
References
- ^ Watanabe, Junya; Matsuoka, Hiroshige (2015). "Flightless diving duck (Aves, Anatidae) from the Pleistocene of Shiriya, northeast Japan". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 35 (6): e994745. Bibcode:2015JVPal..35E4745W. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.994745. S2CID 83689129.
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