Biology:Mioquerquedula
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Short description: Extinct genus of birds
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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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]
See also
- African pygmy goose
- Cotton pygmy goose
- Smallest organisms
References
- ↑ 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZDkKDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT264. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ↑ "Dabbling Ducks (Aves: Anatidae) from the Middle Miocene of Mongolia". October 2018. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250002885.
Wikidata ☰ Q104842944 entry
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