Neochen debilis

Extinct species of bird

Neochen debilis Temporal range: Mid Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Anseriformes
Family:	Anatidae
Genus:	Neochen
Species:	N. debilis
Binomial name
*Neochen debilis* (Ameghino 1891)
Synonyms
Chenalopex debilis Ameghino 1891

Neochen debilis is an extinct species of goose from the Middle Pleistocene Belgrano Formation of Argentina. Argentine paleontologist Florentino Ameghino described the species from a tarsometatarsus discovered in La Plata.^[1] It was smaller than the extant Orinoco goose.^[2]

References

^ Agnolin, 2006, p.93
^ Ameghino, F. (1891) Enumeración de las aves fósiles de la República Argentina. Rev. Arg. Hist. Nat., 1: 441-453.

Bibliography

Agnolin, Federico (2006), "Dos nuevos Anatidae (Aves, Anseriformes) del Pleistoceno inferior-medio de Argentina", Stud. Geol. Salmant., 42: 81–95, retrieved 2017-10-02