†Zhylgaia aestiflua Nessov 1988 (waterfowl)
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Aves - Anseriformes - Presbyornithidae
Full reference: L. A. Nessov. 1988. Novye ptitsy Mela i Paleogena spedney Azii i Kazakhstana i usloviya na mestakh ikh obitaniya [New Cretaceous and Paleogene birds from Central Asia and Kazakhstan and their environments]. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademiy Nauk SSSR 182:116-123
Belongs to Zhylgaia according to L. A. Nessov 1988
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PO 3468, a limb element (humerus). Its type locality is Zhylga 1a, which is in a Paleocene marine sandstone in Kazakhstan.
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution: found only at Zhylga 1a
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