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