Mioquerquedula is an extinct genus of ducks from the Middle Miocene containing two species, M. minutissima and M. velox.[1] It was one of the smallest anseriforms known. The genus was erected by Nikita Zelenkov and Evgenii Nikolaievich Kurochkin in 2012.[2]
Mioquerquedula Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Anseriformes |
Family: | Anatidae |
Genus: | †Mioquerquedula Zelenkov & Kuročkin, 2012 |
Type species | |
†Mioquerquedula minutissima Zelenkov & Kuročkin, 2012
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See also
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edit- ^ Mayr, G. (2016). Avian Evolution: The Fossil Record of Birds and its Paleobiological Significance. TOPA Topics in Paleobiology. Wiley. p. 264. ISBN 978-1-119-02073-8. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ "Dabbling Ducks (Aves: Anatidae) from the Middle Miocene of Mongolia". ResearchGate. October 2018.