- 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****...