Anatalavis

Anatalavis
Temporal range: Paleocene – Eocene,
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Suborder: Anseres
Superfamily: Anseranatoidea
Genus: †Anatalavis
Olson & Parris, 1987
Type species
†Anatalavis rex
(Shufeldt, 1915)
Species
  • †A. rex (Shufeldt, 1915)
  • †A. oxfordi Olson, 1999 (disputed)
Synonyms
  • Nettapterornis Mlikovsky, 2002 (but see text)

Anatalavis is genus of prehistoric birds related to ducks and geese, perhaps to the magpie-goose (Anseranas semipalmata) in particular. Alternatively, it might have been a more basal lineage of Anserimorphae distinct from the living waterfowl, similar or even related to the roughly contemporary Conflicto antarcticus from the Danian of Antarctica.

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