†Eonessa anaticula Wetmore 1938 (waterfowl)
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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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