Gracanicanetta happi Bochenski et al. 2025 (waterfowl)

Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Full reference: Z. Bochenski, J. Happ, G. Salwa and T. Tomek. 2025. The first fossil bird from the Miocene swamps of Gračanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina: A novel and very unique duck. Palaeontologia Electronica 28.1.a14:1-16

Belongs to Gracanicanetta according to Z. Bochenski et al. 2025

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ISEA AF/GRA1, a skeleton. Its type locality is Gračanica coal mine (lower section [unit 1]), which is in a MN 5/MN 6 mire/swamp lignite in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at Gračanica coal mine (lower section [unit 1])

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