Mioquerquedula minutissima Zelenkov and Kurochkin 2012 (dabbling duck)

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 Mioquerquedula according to N. V. Zelenkov and E. N. Kurochkin 2012

See also Zelenkov 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN, no. 4869/193, a limb element (almost complete left coracoid). 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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