Neochen pugil
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| Neochen pugil Temporal range: Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | Neochen |
| Species: | N. pugil
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| Neochen pugil (Winge, 1887)
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Neochen pugil is an extinct species of goose from the Late Pleistocene or possibly the Early Holocene of Brazil.[1] The fossils were discovered by Danish paleontologist Peter Wilhelm Lund near Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais state, and described by Danish ornithologist Oluf Winge in 1887. It was related to the living Orinoco goose, but much larger.[2] It has a notably large build in size compared to similar species of the same genus, having a slender, 13.5 centimeter on average long tarsometatarsus. [3]
References
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- ^ Winge, O. (1887) Fugle fra Knoglehuler i Brasilien – E Museo Lundii 1 (2): 1-54.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- File:Wikispecies-logo.svg Data related to Neochen at Wikispecies
- File:Wikispecies-logo.svg Data related to Neochen pugil at Wikispecies
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