Sharganetta

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Sharganetta
Temporal range: Middle Miocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Sharganetta
Species:
S. mongolica
Binomial name
Sharganetta mongolica
Zelenkov, 2011

Sharganetta is an extinct genus of anatid that lived during the Middle Miocene.

Distribution

Sharganetta mongolica is known from the Sharga fossil site in Mongolia. [1]

References

  1. Zelenkov, Nikita V. (12 April 2011). "Diving ducks from the Middle Miocene of western Mongolia". Paleontological Journal . 45 (2): 191–199. doi:10.1134/S0031030111020195. ISSN   0031-0301 . Retrieved 13 February 2025 via Springer Nature Link.