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Saintandrea

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Saintandrea
Temporal range: Late Oligocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Saintandrea
Mayr & De Pietri, 2013
Species:
S. chenoides
Binomial name
Saintandrea chenoides
Mayr & De Pietri, 2013

Saintandrea is an extinct genus of romainvilliine anseriform that lived during the Chattian stage of the Oligocene epoch.

Distribution

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Saintandrea chenoides inhabited France, its fossils having been found at the site of Saint-André.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Mayr, Gerald; De Pietri, Vanesa L. (24 January 2013). "A goose-sized anseriform bird from the late Oligocene of France: the youngest record and largest species of Romainvilliinae". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 87 (3): 423–430. doi:10.1007/s12542-013-0165-5. ISSN 0031-0220. Retrieved 24 February 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.