Tirarinetta
Appearance
Tirarinetta Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Anseriformes |
Family: | Anatidae |
Genus: | †Tirarinetta |
Species: | †T. kanunka
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Binomial name | |
†Tirarinetta kanunka Worthy, 2008
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Tirarinetta is an extinct genus of anatid that lived during the Pliocene.
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of T. kanunka are known from the Tirari Formation of the Lake Eyre Basin.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Worthy, Trevor H. (6 May 2008). "Pliocene waterfowl (Aves:Anseriformes) from South Australia and a new genus and species". Emu - Austral Ornithology. 108 (2): 153–165. doi:10.1071/MU07063. ISSN 0158-4197. Retrieved 25 February 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.