Allgoviachen

Allgoviachen
Temporal range: Miocene,
(Tortonian), 11.44 Ma
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Holotype leg bones
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Superfamily: Anatoidea
Family: Anatidae
Genus: †Allgoviachen
Mayr, Lechner & Böhme, 2022
Species:
†A. tortonica
Binomial name
†Allgoviachen tortonica
Mayr, Lechner & Böhme, 2022

Allgoviachen (meaning "Allgäu goose") is an extinct genus of anatid bird from the Late Miocene (Tortonian) Hammerschmiede clay pits of Bavaria, Germany. The genus contains a single species, A. tortonica, known from bones belonging to the left leg.[1]

  1. ^ Mayr, Gerald; Lechner, Thomas; Böhme, Madelaine (2022-03-07). "Nearly complete leg of an unusual, shelduck-sized anseriform bird from the earliest late Miocene hominid locality Hammerschmiede (Germany)". Historical Biology. 35 (4): 465–474. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2045285. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 247310405.