Meganhinga
| Meganhinga Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Suliformes |
| Family: | Anhingidae |
| Genus: | †Meganhinga |
| Species: | †M. chilensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Meganhinga chilensis Alvarenga, 1995 | |
Meganhinga is an extinct genus of anhingid that lived during the Miocene epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Meganhinga chilensis is known from the Cura-Mallín Formation of Chile.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga (1995). "A Large and Probably Flightless Anhinga from the Miocene of Chile". Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg. 181: 149–161.
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