Definition of Vegavis. Meaning of Vegavis. Synonyms of Vegavis

- (AMNH FARB 30913) tentatively identified as cf. Vegavis, an isolated femur (SDSM 78247) referred to as Vegavis sp., and a synsacrum (MN 7832-V) referred to...
- a fossil of an unnamed large-bodied member of a non-cariamiform genus Vegavis. In 2024, two ungual phalanx specimens from the early Eocene strata in...
- found in the skull region, beak physiology and pelvic region. The genus Vegavis for a while was found to be the earliest member of the anseriform crown...
- been questioned by subsequent studies, with the only definitive member Vegavis known from the Maastrichtian stage of Antarctica, though some fossil genera...
- end of the Cretaceous with the oldest known members being Teviornis and Vegavis, but molecular clocks suggest that neognaths originated sometime in the...
- estimated the origin of Galloanserae at 85 million years ago. Fossils such as Vegavis indicate that essentially modern waterfowl, albeit belonging to a now-extinct...
- so-called 'rocks' versus 'clocks' controversy). The discovery in 2005 of Vegavis from the Maastrichtian, the last stage of the Late Cretaceous, proved that...
- variety of enantiornithe and ornithurine forms. Early Neornithes such as Vegavis co-existed with forms as bizarre as Yungavolucris and Avisaurus. Though...
- earliest remains of a syrinx were found in a specimen of the duck-like Vegavis iaai dated 69 –66 million years ago, and this organ is unlikely to have...
- been described, T. gobiensis. It is the oldest known neognath along with Vegavis, and its fossils are collected from the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. The...