Eonessa anaticula Wetmore 1938 (waterfowl)

Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1938. A fossil duck from the Eocene of Utah. Journal of Paleontology 12(3):280-283

Belongs to Eonessa according to P. Brodkorb 1964

See also Wetmore 1938 and Wetmore 1940

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Princeton Department of Geology 14399, a set of limb elements (part of left wing). Its type locality is Myton Pocket, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah.

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at Myton Pocket

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