Shiriyanetta
| Shiriyanetta Temporal range: Mid Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 across 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).
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