Neochen pugil
| Neochen pugil Temporal range: Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | Neochen |
| Species: | N. pugil
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| Neochen pugil (Winge, 1888)
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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 1888. 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
[edit]- ^ "Neochen pugil - The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database". The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database (REPAD). Retrieved 2021-01-23.
- ^ Winge, O. (1888) Fugle fra Knoglehuler i Brasilien – E Museo Lundii 1 (2): 1-54.
- ^ "Pleistocene record of Chloephaga Eyton, 1838 (Anseriformes: Anatidae) in the Argentine Pampas, with the description of a new species". Comptes Rendus Palevol (in French). 23 (18): 241–255. 2024. doi:10.5852/cr-palevol2024v23a18.
External links
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