Sharganetta mongolica Zelenkov 2011 (waterfowl)

Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Full reference: N. V. Zelenkov. 2011. Diving Ducks from the Middle Miocene of Western Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 45(2):191-199

Belongs to Sharganetta according to N. V. Zelenkov 2011

See also Zelenkov 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN, no. 4869/195, a limb element (proximal end of the left humerus). 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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