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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