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Sharganetta

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Sharganetta
Temporal range: Middle Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Sharganetta
Species:
S. mongolica
Binomial name
Sharganetta mongolica
Zelenkov, 2011

Sharganetta is an extinct genus of anatid that lived during the Middle Miocene.

Distribution

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Sharganetta mongolica is known from the Sharga fossil site in Mongolia.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Zelenkov, Nikita V. (12 April 2011). "Diving ducks from the Middle Miocene of western Mongolia". Paleontological Journal. 45 (2): 191–199. doi:10.1134/S0031030111020195. ISSN 0031-0301. Retrieved 13 February 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.