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Anseriformes
Anseriformes An`se*ri*for"mes, n. pl. (Zo["o]l.) A division of birds including the geese, ducks, and closely allied forms.

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- have needed trees for food and reproduction. The earliest known stem anseriform is the presbyornithid Teviornis from the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia...
- also Gamebird hybrids. Galloanserae young are remarkably precocious. Anseriform young are able to swim and dive a few hours after hatching, and the hatchlings...
- stone-curlew, but was subsequently argued to be a member of the extinct anseriform family Presbyornithidae, instead. The living species are: Mathews, Gregory...
- mihirungs are successive sister groups to anseriforms and another hypothesis places mihirungs as crown anseriforms closely related to the screamers (Anhimidae)...
- Derzsy's disease is caused by Anseriform dependoparvovirus 1, in the Parvoviridae family. It affects geese and Muscovy ducks. The virus is shed in the...
- Livezey, Bradley C. (October 1986). "A phylogenetic analysis of recent Anseriform genera using morphological characters" (PDF). The Auk. 103 (4): 737–754...
- possessing (estimated) 15 long vertebrae. Conflicto was a likely a stem anseriform, equally related to the current extant clades. The genus Anatalavis is...
- larger than the contemporary Anatalavis ; it was presumably the largest anseriform of its time, reaching the size of the modern coscoroba swan. The holotype...
- filter-feeding Pterodaustro may have had similar activity patterns to modern anseriform birds that feed at night. The differences between activity patterns of...
- Anachronornis anhimops, from the Willwood Formation in Wyoming. It is a basal anseriform, relative of modern waterfowl. Anachronornis is derived from Ancient Gr****...