Vegavis

Vegavis
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
~69.2–68.4 Ma[1]
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: †Vegaviiformes
Family: †Vegaviidae
Genus: †Vegavis
Clarke et al. 2005
Species:
†V. iaai
Binomial name
†Vegavis iaai
Clarke et al. 2005

Vegavis is a genus of extinct bird that lived in Antarctica during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous. The type species is Vegavis iaai. Vegavis was initially considered to be a member of Anseriformes within Galloanserae,[2] but this claim has not been supported by some recent studies.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ Roberts, E. M.; O'Connor, P. M.; Clarke, J. A.; Slotznick, S. P.; Placzek, C. J.; Tobin, T. S.; Hannaford, C.; Orr, T.; Jinnah, Z. A.; Claeson, K. M.; Salisbury, S.; Kirschvink, J. L.; Pirrie, D.; Lamanna, M. C. (2022). "New age constraints support a K/Pg boundary interval on Vega Island, Antarctica: Implications for latest Cretaceous vertebrates and paleoenvironments". GSA Bulletin. 135 (3–4): 867–885. doi:10.1130/B36422.1. S2CID 250577048.
  2. ^ Clarke, J.A.; Tambussi, C.P.; Noriega, J.I.; Erickson, G.M.; Ketcham, R.A. (2005). "Definitive fossil evidence for the extant avian radiation in the Cretaceous" (PDF). Nature. 433 (7023): 305–308. Bibcode:2005Natur.433..305C. doi:10.1038/nature03150. PMID 15662422. S2CID 4354309. Supporting information
  3. ^ Mayr, G.; De Pietri, V.L.; Scofield, R.P.; Worthy, T.H. (2018). "On the taxonomic composition and phylogenetic affinities of the recently proposed clade Vegaviidae Agnolín et al., 2017 ‒ neornithine birds from the Upper Cretaceous of the Southern Hemisphere)". Cretaceous Research. 86: 178–185. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.02.013. hdl:2328/37887. S2CID 134876425.
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