Anabernicula

Anabernicula
Temporal range: Pliocene - Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Subfamily: Tadorninae
Genus: Anabernicula
Howard[1]

Anabernicula is an extinct genus of shelduck or pigmy goose that existed from the Pliocene to the Pleistocene. Three species have been described.

References

  1. Howard, Hildegard. (1964). "A new species of the "pygmy goose," Anabernicula, from the Oregon Pleistocene, with a discussion of the genus" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2200): 1–14.


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