Neochen barbadiana Brodkorb 1965 (waterfowl)

Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1965. Fossil birds from Barbados, West Indies. The Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society 31(1):3-10

Belongs to Neochen according to P. Brodkorb 1965

See also Brodkorb 1967

Sister taxa: Oressochen debilis, Oressochen melanopterus, Neochen pugil

Type specimen: UF 7456, a set of postcrania (left coracoid). Its type locality is Spring Bay, which is in the Pleistocene/Holocene of horizon Barbados.

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at Spring Bay

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