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Vegaviidae is a
proposed extinct family of
anseriform birds which lived during the Late
Cretaceous and
possibly the Paleocene. The
monophyly of the family...
- it to be just
outside the
crown group in the
family Vegaviidae. However, the
monophyly of
Vegaviidae was
questioned by
other researchers who
described a...
- Gastornithiformes. In addition, they have
found support that the
family Vegaviidae (usually
classified as
crown anseriforms or
their sister taxon) are more...
-
revised phylogenetic analyses. Agnolín et al. (2017)
proposed the
family Vegaviidae as stem-group
Anseriformes containing Vegavis,
Polarornis and several...
- be stem-anseriforms
along with
Australornis and
Vegavis in the
family Vegaviidae.
Polarornis was in all
likelihood aquatic and fed on fish and
large invertebrates...
- †Conflicto †Gastornis? †Dromornithidae? †Pelagornithidae? †
Vegaviidae? †Presbyornithidae
Bumbalavis Headonornis?
Murgonornis Presbyornis Proherodius Telmabates...
- stem-anseriforms
along with Polarornis,
Neogaeornis and
Vegavis in the
family Vegaviidae. Mayr, G; Scofield, RP (2014). "First
diagnosable non-sphenisciform bird...
- †
Vegaviidae...
- stem-anseriforms
along with Polarornis,
Australornis and
Vegavis in the
family Vegaviidae.
Gerald Mayr
suggested that it is
uncertain whether Neogaeornis belongs...
- PMID 18784798. Agnolín, F.L.; Egli, F.B.; Chatterjee, S.; Marsà, J.A.G (2017). "
Vegaviidae, a new
clade of
southern diving birds that
survived the K/T boundary"...
