Anhinga novaehollandiae Gould 1847 (Australasian darter)
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Aves - Suliformes - Anhingidae
Synonym: Plotus laticeps De Vis 1905
Belongs to Anhinga according to T. H. Worthy and J. M. T. Nguyen 2020
See also De Vis 1905, del Hoyo et al. 2014 and Lambrecht 1933
Sister taxa: Anhinga anhinga, Anhinga beckeri, Anhinga grandis, Anhinga hesterna, Anhinga malagurala, Anhinga melanogaster, Anhinga pannonica, Anhinga rufa, Anhinga subvolans, Anhinga walterbolesi
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lower Cooper River (Quaternary of Australia)
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