Helonetta

Helonetta; Temporal range: Late Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Anseriformes
Family:	Anatidae
Genus:	† Helonetta
Species:	†H. brodkorpi
Binomial name
	†Helonetta brodkorpi; Emslie, 1992

Last updated March 08, 2025

Helonetta is an extinct genus of anatid that lived during the Piacenzian stage of the Pliocene epoch.

Distribution

Helonetta brodkorpi is known from the Tamiami Formation of Florida.^[1]

References

↑ Emslie, Steven D. (1992). "Two New Late Blancan Avifaunas from Florida and the Extinction of Wetland Birds in the Plio-Pleistocene". In Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series. 36: 249–269.

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[Oxyura-1] Emslie, Steven D. (1992). "Two New Late Blancan Avifaunas from Florida and the Extinction of Wetland Birds in the Plio-Pleistocene". In Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series. 36: 249–269.

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