Vegaviidae
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: †Vegaviidae
Genera: †Maaqwi – †Polarornis – †Vegavis
Genera dubia: †Australornis – †Neogaeornis
secundum Agnolín et al., 2017
[edit]Ordo: Anseriformes
Familia: †Vegaviidae
Genera: †Australornis – †Neogaeornis – †Polarornis – †Vegavis
secundum Worthy et al., 2017
[edit]Parvclassis: Galloanseres
Ordo: †Vegaviiformes
Familia: †Vegaviidae
Genera: †Vegavis
secundum McLachlan et al., 2017
[edit]Cladus: Ornithurae
Familia: †Vegaviidae
Genera: †Australornis – †Maaqwi – †Neogaeornis – †Polarornis – †Vegavis
secundum Mayr et al., 2018
[edit]Cladus: ?Galloanseres
Familia: †Vegaviidae
Genera: †Polarornis – †Vegavis
Genera dubia: †Neogaeornis
Genera excludenda: †Australornis
Name
[edit]Vegaviidae Agnolín, Egli, Chatterjee, Marsà & Novas, 2017
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Agnolín, F.L., Egli, F.B., Chatterjee, S., Marsà, J.A. & Novas, F.E. 2017. Vegaviidae, a new clade of southern diving birds that survived the K/T boundary. The Science of Nature 104: 87. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-017-1508-y ResearchGate Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Worthy, T.H., Degrange, F.J., Handley, W.D. & Lee, M.S.Y. 2017. The evolution of giant flightless birds and novel phylogenetic relationships for extinct fowl (Aves, Galloanseres). Royal Society Open Science 4: 170975. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.170975 Reference page.
- McLachlan, S.M.S., Kaiser, G.W. & Longrich, N.R. 2017. Maaqwi cascadensis: A large, marine diving bird (Avialae: Ornithurae) from the Upper Cretaceous of British Columbia, Canada. PLoS ONE 12(12): e0189473. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189473 Reference page.
- Mayr, G., Scofield, R.P., De Pietri, V.L. & Tennyson, A.J.D. 2017. A Paleocene penguin from New Zealand substantiates multiple origins of gigantism in fossil Sphenisciformes. Nature Communications 8 Art. 1927. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01959-6 Reference page.