†Allgoviachen tortonica Mayr et al. 2023 (waterfowl)
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Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Full reference: G. Mayr, T. Lechner, and M. Böhme. 2023. Nearly complete leg of an unusual, shelduck-sized anseriform bird from the earliest late Miocene hominid locality Hammerschmiede (Germany). Historical Biology 35(4):465-474
Belongs to Allgoviachen according to G. Mayr et al. 2023
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SNSB-BSPG 2020 XCIV 1058, a limb element. Its type locality is Hammerschmiede HAM 4, which is in a Tortonian fluvial horizon in Germany.
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution: found only at Hammerschmiede HAM 4
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