Ankonetta
| Ankonetta Temporal range: Early Miocene (Santacrucian)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | †Ankonetta Cenizo & Agnolín, 2010 |
| Species: | †A. larriestrai
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| †Ankonetta larriestrai Cenizo & Agnolín, 2010
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Ankonetta is an extinct genus of mid-sized anatid birds that lived during the Miocene. Its holotype was found in the Early Miocene (Santacrucian), in Argentina. The type species is A. larriestrai.[1][2]
Etymology[]
The genus name is derived from , a group of indigenous Tehuelche-speaking people from Patagonia. Anko means "father" and netta is derived from Greek, meaning "duck". The species epithet refers to Claudio Larriestra, who studied the , another important fossiliferous formation of Patagonia.[3]
References[]
- ^ Cenizo & Agnolín, 2010, p.499
- ^ Ankonetta larriestrai at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Cenizo & Agnolín, 2010, p.500
Bibliography[]
- , and . 2010. The southernmost records of Anhingidae and a new basal species of Anatidae (Aves) from the lower–middle Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 34. 493–514. Accessed 2019-02-28.
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Categories:
- Anatidae
- Miocene birds of South America
- Santacrucian
- Neogene Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Golfo San Jorge Basin
- Fossil taxa described in 2010
- Chonan languages
- Prehistoric bird genera