Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Full reference: A. H. Miller. 1944. An avifauna from the lower Miocene of South Dakota. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 27(4):85-100
Parent taxon: Oxyurinae according to T. H. Worthy and M. S. Y. Lee 2008
See also Brodkorb 1964, Cheneval 1984, Livezey and Martin 1988, Miller 1944, Mlíkovsky and Svec 1986, Wetmore 1956 and Zelenkov 2012
Sister taxa: Dunstanetta, Manuherikia, Mionetta
Subtaxa: Dendrochen oligocaena Dendrochen robusta
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (1 collection), United States (1: South Dakota)
• Oligocene of Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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