Neochen debilis
Neochen debilis is an extinct species of goose from the Middle Pleistocene Belgrano Formation of Argentina. Argentine paleontologist Florentino Ameghino described the species from a tarsometatarsus discovered in La Plata.[1] It was smaller than the extant Orinoco goose.[2]
| Neochen debilis Temporal range: Mid Pleistocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | Neochen |
| Species: | N. debilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Neochen debilis (Ameghino 1891) | |
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References
- Agnolin, 2006, p.93
- Ameghino, F. (1891) Enumeración de las aves fósiles de la República Argentina. Rev. Arg. Hist. Nat., 1: 441-453.
Bibliography
- Agnolin, Federico. 2006. Dos nuevos Anatidae (Aves, Anseriformes) del Pleistoceno inferior-medio de Argentina. Stud. Geol. Salmant. 42. 81–95. Accessed 2017-10-02.
External links
Data related to Neochen at Wikispecies- Data related to Neochen debilis at Wikispecies
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