†Aix praeclara Zelenkov and Kurochkin 2012 (duck)
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Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Full reference: N. V. Zelenkov and E. N. Kurochkin. 2012. Dabbling Ducks (Aves: Anatidae) from the Middle Miocene of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 46(4):421-429
Belongs to Aix according to N. V. Zelenkov and E. N. Kurochkin 2012
See also Zelenkov 2012
Sister taxa: Aix galericulata, Aix sponsa
Type specimen: PIN, no. 4869/92, a limb element. Its type locality is Sharga 2, which is in a Serravallian terrestrial horizon in the Oshin Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution: found only at Sharga 2
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