Biology:Allgoviachen
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Superfamily: | Anatoidea |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | †Allgoviachen Mayr, Lechner & Böhme, 2022 |
| Species: | †A. tortonica
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| †Allgoviachen tortonica Mayr, Lechner & Böhme, 2022
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Allgoviachen (meaning "Allgäu goose") is an extinct genus of anatid bird from the Late Miocene (Tortonian) Hammerschmiede clay pits of Bavaria, Germany . The genus contains a single species, A. tortonica, known from bones belonging to the left leg.[1]
Discovery and naming
The Allgoviachen holotype specimen, SNSB-BSPG 2020 XCIV 1058, was discovered in the Hammerschmiede clay pits of the Allgäu region, near Pforzen, Bavaria, Germany . This specimen consists of the distal femur, tibiotarsus, tarsometatarsus, and most pedal phalanges of the left leg, found in articulation. Specimen GPIT/AV/00143, an incomplete distal left tarsometatarsus, was also assigned to Allgoviachen.[1]
In 2022, Gerald Mayr, Thomas Lechner, and Madelaine Böhme described Allgoviachen tortonica, a new genus and species of antatid, based on these fossil remains. The generic name, Allgoviachen, combines the Latin "Allgäu", a reference to the type locality, with the Greek "chen," meaning "goose". The specific name, "tortonica", refers to the Tortonian age of the type specimen.[1]
Description
The describing authors concluded that Allgoviachen would have had a body size comparable to the extant anserine Anser indicus (Bar-headed goose) and anatine Alopochen aegyptiaca (Egyptian goose), with an estimated body mass of about 2 kilograms (4.4 lb).[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Mayr, Gerald; Lechner, Thomas; Böhme, Madelaine (2022-03-07). "Nearly complete leg of an unusual, shelduck-sized anseriform bird from the earliest late Miocene hominid locality Hammerschmiede (Germany)". Historical Biology 35 (4): 465–474. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2045285. ISSN 0891-2963.
Wikidata ☰ Q111271308 entry
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