Saintandrea
Appearance
Saintandrea Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Anseriformes |
Family: | Anatidae |
Genus: | †Saintandrea Mayr & De Pietri, 2013 |
Species: | †S. chenoides
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Binomial name | |
†Saintandrea chenoides Mayr & De Pietri, 2013
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Saintandrea is an extinct genus of romainvilliine anseriform that lived during the Chattian stage of the Oligocene epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Saintandrea chenoides inhabited France, its fossils having been found at the site of Saint-André.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.