Mioquerquedula

Mioquerquedula; Temporal range: Middle Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Anseriformes
Family:	Anatidae
Genus:	†Mioquerquedula; Zelenkov & Kuročkin, 2012
Type species
	†Mioquerquedula minutissima; Zelenkov & Kuročkin, 2012
Other species
	†M. velox (A. Milne-Edwards, 1868);

Mioquerquedula is an extinct genus of ducks from the Middle Miocene containing two species, M. minutissima and M. velox.^[1] It was one of the smallest anseriforms known. The genus was erected by Nikita Zelenkov and Evgenii Nikolaievich Kurochkin in 2012.^[2]

References[edit]

^ Mayr, G. (2016). Avian Evolution: The Fossil Record of Birds and its Paleobiological Significance. TOPA Topics in Paleobiology. Wiley. p. 264. ISBN 978-1-119-02073-8. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
^ "Dabbling Ducks (Aves: Anatidae) from the Middle Miocene of Mongolia". ResearchGate. October 2018.

[Mayr_2016_p._264-1] Mayr, G. (2016). Avian Evolution: The Fossil Record of Birds and its Paleobiological Significance. TOPA Topics in Paleobiology. Wiley. p. 264. ISBN 978-1-119-02073-8. Retrieved 3 May 2019.

[2] "Dabbling Ducks (Aves: Anatidae) from the Middle Miocene of Mongolia". ResearchGate. October 2018.

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