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Malagasy sheldgoose

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Extinct species of bird

Malagasy sheldgoose
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene
Limb fossils
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Centrornis
Andrews, 1897
Species: C. majori
Binomial name
Centrornis majori
Andrews, 1897

The Malagasy sheldgoose (Centrornis majori) is an extinct monotypic species of large goose in the shelduck subfamily. It was described from subfossil remains radiocarbon dated to about 17,000 years ago, found in central Madagascar.

References

  1. Andrews, CW (1897). "On some fossil remains of carinate birds from central Madagascar". Ibis. 7 (3): 343–359. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1897.tb03281.x.
  2. Goodman, SM (1999). Holocene bird subfossils from the sites of Ampasambazimba, Antsirabe and Ampoza, Madagascar: Changes in the avifauna of south central Madagascar over the past few millennia. In: Adams, N.J. & Slotow, R.H. (eds) Proc. 22 Int. Ornithol. Congr., Durban. Johannesburg: BirdLife South Africa. pp. 3071–3083. Archived from the original on 2014-05-19.
Genera of waterfowl and their extinct allies
Avemetatarsalia
Theropoda
Maniraptora
Anserimorphae
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Anserimorphae
Anserimorphae
Presbyornithidae
Anachronornithidae
Anseriformes
sensu stricto
Anhimae
Anhimidae
Anseres
Anseranatoidea
Anseranatidae
Anatoidea
Paranyrocidae
Anatidae
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Presbyornis pervetus
Anatidae
Anatidae
Romainvillinae
Dendrocygninae
Dendrocheninae
Stictonettinae
Anserinae
Tadorninae
Anatinae
Oxyurini
Mergini
Anatini
Aythyini
Chelychelynechen quassus
Taxon identifiers
Centrornis majori
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