Neochen debilis

Neochen debilis; Temporal range: Mid Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Anseriformes
Family:	Anatidae
Genus:	Neochen
Species:	N. debilis
Binomial name
	Neochen debilis; (Ameghino 1891)
Synonyms
	Chenalopex debilis Ameghino 1891;

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Neochen debilis is an extinct species of goose from the Middle Pleistocene Belgrano Formation of Argentina. Argentine paleontologist Florentino Ameghino described the species from a tarsometatarsus discovered in La Plata.^[1] It was smaller than the extant Orinoco goose.^[2]

References

^ Agnolin, 2006, p.93
^ Ameghino, F. (1891) Enumeración de las aves fósiles de la República Argentina. Rev. Arg. Hist. Nat., 1: 441-453.

Bibliography

Agnolin, Federico. 2006. Dos nuevos Anatidae (Aves, Anseriformes) del Pleistoceno inferior-medio de Argentina. Stud. Geol. Salmant. 42. 81–95. Accessed 2017-10-02.

External links

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[Agnolin2006_p93-1] Agnolin, 2006, p.93

[Ameghino1891-2] Ameghino, F. (1891) Enumeración de las aves fósiles de la República Argentina. Rev. Arg. Hist. Nat., 1: 441-453.

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