Vegaviiformes

Translingual

Etymology

Vegavis +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

†Vegaviiformes

  1. A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – certain extinct birds indirectly related to modern ducks and geese that lived from the Late Cretaceous to Early Paleogene, leaving fossils in Chile, New Zealand and Antarctica.

Hyponyms

References

  • Vegaviidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Trevor H. Worthy; Federico J. Degrange; Warren D. Handley; Michael S. Y. Lee (2017), The evolution of giant flightless birds and novel phylogenetic relationships for extinct fowl (Aves, Galloanseres) Royal Society Open Science‎[1] (in Translingual), volume 11
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