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Vegaviidae
Taxonomy
Vegaviidae was named by Agnolín et al. (2017).
It was reranked as the family Vegaviidae by Worthy et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Vegaviiformes by Worthy et al. (2017); to Ornithurae by McLachlan et al. (2017); and to Anseriformes by Agnolín et al. (2017).
It was reranked as the family Vegaviidae by Worthy et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Vegaviiformes by Worthy et al. (2017); to Ornithurae by McLachlan et al. (2017); and to Anseriformes by Agnolín et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2017 | Vegaviidae Agnolín et al. |
| 2017 | Vegaviidae McLachlan et al. p. 3 |
| 2017 | Vegaviidae Worthy et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Unr. †Vegaviidae Agnolín et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Marsh 1875, Sedinger 1997, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 83.60000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (British Colombia) | Maaqwi cascadensis (191629) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Antarctica | Aves indet. (13106) Polarornis gregorii (233507) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Chile (Concepcíon) | Neogaeornis wetzeli (13309) | |
| Maastrichtian | Antarctica | Polarornis gregorii (131860) | |
| Maastrichtian - Paleocene | New Zealand (Canterbury) | Aves indet. (189281) | |
| Selandian - Thanetian | New Zealand | Australornis lovei (68822) | |
| Selandian - Thanetian | New Zealand (South Island) | Phaethontiformes indet. (175680) | |
| Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | Chile | Neornithes indet. (64832) |