Eoanseranas Worthy and Scanlon 2009 (waterfowl)

Aves - Anseriformes - Anseranatidae

Full reference: T. H. Worthy and J. D. Scanlon. 2009. An Oligo-Miocene magpie goose (Aves: Anseranatidae) from Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland, Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(1):205-211

Parent taxon: Anseranatidae according to T. H. Worthy and J. M. T. Nguyen 2020

See also Worthy and Scanlon 2009

Sister taxa: Anatalavinae, Anseranas, Anserpica

Subtaxa: Eoanseranas handae

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Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at Hiatus Site (Oligocene of Australia)

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