Aves - Anseriformes - Anhimidae

Full reference: H. M. F. Alvarenga. 1999. A fossil screamer (Anseriformes: Anhimidae) from the middle Tertiary of southeastern Brazil. Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century: Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Washington, D.C, 4-7 June 1996. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 89:223-230

Parent taxon: Anhimidae according to H. M. F. Alvarenga 1999

Sister taxa: Anhima, Chauna

Subtaxa: Chaunoides antiquus

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Type: Chaunoides antiquus

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at Santa Fé Farm (Oligocene of Brazil)

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