Zqueheanas

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Zqueheanas
Temporal range: Late Miocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Zqueheanas
Species:
Z. hebe
Binomial name
Zqueheanas hebe
Agnolín et al., 2025

Zqueheanas is an extinct genus of tadornine duck that lived in South America during the Late Miocene.

Distribution

Zqueheanas hebe is known from the Las Flores Formation located in the Calingasta Valley of Argentina, which dates to the Huayquerian South American land mammal age. [1]

References

  1. Agnolín, Federico L.; Álvarez Herrera, Gerardo; Rozadilla, Sebastián; Contreras, Victor (25 March 2025). "First late Miocene bird assemblage from central Argentina, with the description of new taxa". Historical Biology : 1–17. doi:10.1080/08912963.2025.2475538. ISSN   0891-2963 . Retrieved 18 October 2025 via Taylor and Francis Online.