Neogaeornis Lambrecht 1929 (waterfowl)

Aves - Anseriformes - Vegaviidae

Full reference: K. Lambrecht. 1929. Neogaeornis wetzeli, n. g., n. s., der erste Kreidevogel der südlichen Hemisphäre [Neogaeornis wetzeli n. g. n. sp. the first Cretaceous bird from the Southern Hemisphere]. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 11:121-128

Parent taxon: Vegaviidae according to F. L. Agnolín et al. 2017

See also Carroll 1988, Hope 2002, Lambrecht 1933, Martin and Tate 1976 and Olson 1992

Sister taxa: Australornis, Maaqwi, Polarornis

Subtaxa: Neogaeornis wetzeli

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Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at west end, Bahía San Vicente (Cretaceous of Chile)

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