Biology:Shiriyanetta

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Short description: Extinct species of bird

Shiriyanetta
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Shiriyanetta
Species:
S. hasegawai
Binomial name
Shiriyanetta hasegawai
Watanabe et al 2015

Shiriyanetta hasegawai is an extinct species of seaduck from the Pleistocene of Japan . It was flightless, similar to the also extinct Chendytes from the opposite side of the Pacific.[1]

References

  1. Watanabe, Junya; Matsuoka, Hiroshige (2015). "Flightless diving duck (Aves, Anatidae) from the Pleistocene of Shiriya, northeast Japan". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 (6): e994745. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.994745. Bibcode2015JVPal..35E4745W. 


Wikidata ☰ Q30692502 entry