Nettion ogallalae Brodkorb 1962 (duck)

Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1962. A teal from the lower Pliocene Of Kansas. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 252(2):157-160

Belongs to Nettion according to P. Brodkorb 1962

See also Brodkorb 1964

Sister taxa: Nettion bunkeri, Nettion eppelsheimense, Nettion greeni, Nettion velox

Type specimen: UMMP 41458, a limb element (left humerus, distal end)

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: Kansas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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