Anatalavis
| Anatalavis Temporal range: Paleocene – Eocene, | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Suborder: | Anseres |
| Superfamily: | Anseranatoidea |
| Genus: | †Anatalavis Olson & Parris, 1987 |
| Type species | |
| †Anatalavis rex (Shufeldt, 1915) | |
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Anatalavis is genus of prehistoric birds related to ducks and geese, perhaps to the magpie-goose (Anseranas semipalmata) in particular. Alternatively, it might have been a more basal lineage of Anserimorphae distinct from the living waterfowl, similar or even related to the roughly contemporary Conflicto antarcticus from the Danian of Antarctica.
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