Eoanseranas

Eoanseranas handae, also sometimes referred to as Hand's dawn magpie goose,[1] is an extinct genus and species of bird, allied to the family Anseranatidae represented by modern magpie geese, from the Late Oligocene or Early Miocene of northern Australia. It was described from fossil material (a left coracoid and two left scapulae) found at a Carl Creek Limestone site at Riversleigh, in the Boodjamulla National Park of northwestern Queensland. It was slightly smaller than its perceived descendant, the extant magpie goose. The generic name comes from the Greek eos ("dawn") and Anseranas, for the apparent ancestral connection to the modern species Anseranas semipalmata. The specific epithet honours Australian palaeontologist Suzanne Hand, a prominent researcher of the fossil faunas of Riversleigh.[2]

Eoanseranas handae
Temporal range: Late Oligocene to Early Miocene, 26–23 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anseranatidae
Genus: †Eoanseranas
Worthy & Scanlon, 2009
Species:
†E. handae
Binomial name
†Eoanseranas handae
Worthy & Scanlon, 2009

References
  1. "Hand's Dawn Magpie Goose". Riversleigh News and Faunal Encyclopedia. Wakaleo.net. Retrieved 2014-05-08.
  2. Worthy, Trevor H.; Scanlon, J.D. (2009). "An Oligo-Miocene Magpie Goose (Aves: Anseranatidae) from Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland, Australia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (1): 205–211. doi:10.1671/039.029.0103.


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