Shiriyanetta Temporal range: Mid Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Anseriformes |
Family: | Anatidae |
Genus: | † Shiriyanetta |
Species: | †S. hasegawai |
Binomial name | |
†Shiriyanetta hasegawai Watanabe et al 2015 |
Shiriyanetta hasegawai is an extinct species of seaduck from the Pleistocene of Japan. It was flightless, similar to the also extinct Chendytes from the opposite side of the Pacific. [1]