Bambolinetta lignitifila Portis 1884 (duck)

Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Alternative combination: Anas lignitifila

Belongs to Bambolinetta according to G. Mayr and M. Pavia 2014

See also Brodkorb 1964, Lambrecht 1933 and Zelenkov 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MGPT-PU 37728, a partial skeleton (ncomplete skull, the right wing, portions of the right tibiotarsus and tarsometatarsus, and most of the trunk skeleton)

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at Montebamboli (Miocene of Italy)

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