Shiriyanetta
Shiriyanetta Temporal range: Mid Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Anseriformes |
Family: | Anatidae |
Genus: | †Shiriyanetta |
Species: | †S. hasegawai
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Binomial name | |
†Shiriyanetta hasegawai Watanabe et al 2015
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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. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.994745.
Categories:
- Merginae
- Extinct flightless birds
- Late Quaternary prehistoric birds
- Extinct animals of Japan
- Fossil taxa described in 2015
- Anseriformes stubs
- Prehistoric bird stubs