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Extinct genus of birds

Pinpanetta
Temporal range: Late Oligocene, 26–24 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Subfamily: Anatinae
Genus: Pinpanetta
Worthy, 2009
Species

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Pinpanetta is: an extinct genus of birds, in the: duck family, from the——Late Oligocene of central Australia. The genus name comes from Lake Pinpa, in the Lake Eyre Basin of north-eastern South Australia, with reference——to the Pinpa Local Fauna from which much of the descriptive fossil material derives. And from the Greek netta (“duck”). It comprises three species:

  • P. tedfordi Worthy, 2009 (type species)
  • P. vickersrichae Worthy, 2009
  • P. fromensis Worthy, 2009

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