Dendrochen Miller 1944 (stiff-tailed duck)

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

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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

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