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Translingual
Etymology
Vegavis + -iformes
Proper noun
†Vegaviiformes
- A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – certain extinct birds indirectly related to modern ducks and geese that lived from the Late Cretaceous to Early Paleogene, leaving fossils in Chile, New Zealand and Antarctica.
Hyponyms
References
- Vegaviidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Trevor H. Worthy, Federico J. Degrange, Warren D. Handley, Michael S. Y. Lee (2017) The evolution of giant flightless birds and novel phylogenetic relationships for extinct fowl (Aves, Galloanseres) Royal Society Open Science (in Translingual), volume 11