Chenoanas deserta Zelenkov 2012 (waterfowl)

Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Full reference: N. V. Zelenkov. 2012. A New Duck from the Middle Miocene of Mongolia, with Comments on Miocene Evolution of Ducks. Paleontological Journal 46(5):520-530

Belongs to Chenoanas according to N. V. Zelenkov 2012

See also Zelenkov et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Chenoanas asiatica, Chenoanas sansaniensis

Type specimen: PIN, no. 4869/196, a limb element (proximal frag). 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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