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    Vegavis is a genus of extinct bird that lived during the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian stage) of Antarctica, some 68 to 66 mya. Among modern birds, most...
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    analysis of these genera in addition to the newly discovered Australornis and Vegavis, the latter genus of which a more complete specimen had been found. This...
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    food and reproduction. The earliest Cretaceous anseriform found so far is Vegavis, a goose-like waterfowl thought to have lived as long as 66 million years...
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  • for: International Association of Arson Investigators Vegavis iaai, the type species of Vegavis, an extinct genus of modern birds This disambiguation...
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    a fossil of an unnamed large-bodied member of a non-cariamiform genus Vegavis. In 2024, two ungual phalanx specimens from the early Eocene strata in...
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    the origin of Galloanserae at 85 million of years ago. Fossils such as Vegavis indicate that essentially modern waterfowl, albeit belonging to a now-extinct...
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  • variety of enantiornithe and ornithurine forms. Early Neornithes such as Vegavis co-existed with forms as bizarre as Yungavolucris and Avisaurus. Though...
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    biogeographic ancestral reconstructions using phylogenies and the discovery of Vegavis (a possible neornithean from Antarctica), but Asteriornis's presence in...
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    diverged before the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event — the relative Vegavis iaai lived some 68-67 million years ago. The fossil record is limited,...
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    (the so-called 'rocks' versus 'clocks' controversy). The discovery of Vegavis from the Maastrichtian, the last stage of the Late Cretaceous proved that...
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