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  1. Fred Ruhe

    A remarkable diversity of waterfowl with new genera and species

    Orden ANSERIFORMES Indet. (Fig. 4G, H, I) Somateria sp.: Kurochkin, 1968:100, fig. 5. Mergini gen. indet. 2: Zelenkov and Kurochkin, 2015:166, pl. XV, fig. 12. Material—PIN 1442/31, distal fragment of right ulna. Locality and Horizon—Chelkar-Tengiz (Shalkerteniz) lake, Myn-Sai comb; Turgai...
  2. Fred Ruhe

    A remarkable diversity of waterfowl with new genera and species

    Genus KUSTOKAZANSER, gen. nov. Type Species—Cygnavus formosus Kurochkin, 1968. Diagnosis—As for the species (see below). Etymology—From Kusto river in Zaysan area (Kazakhstan) and modern anseriform genus Anser. The gender is masculine. KUSTOKAZANSER FORMOSUS (Kurochkin, 1968), comb. nov...
  3. Fred Ruhe

    A remarkable diversity of waterfowl with new genera and species

    Orden ANSERIFORMES Incertae sedis Genus PETROPLUVIALIS Harrison and Walker, 1976 PETROPLUVIALIS sp. (Fig. 3R, X) Referred Material—PIN 2612/5, fragmentary left coracoid. Collected by N.S. Shevyreva and V. Chkhikvadze in 1980. Locality and Horizon—Locality Tabtym in a vicinity of Saryterek...
  4. Fred Ruhe

    A remarkable diversity of waterfowl with new genera and species

    Genus MIONETTA Livezey and Martin, 1988 Type Species—Anas blanchardi Milne-Edwards, 1863. Included Species—The type species from the upper Oligocene and Lower Miocene of France, Lower and Middle Miocene of Germany and Czech Republic; M. turgaiensis, sp. nov. from the lower Oligocene of...
  5. Fred Ruhe

    A remarkable diversity of waterfowl with new genera and species

    Family ANATIDAE Leach, 1819 Subfamily INCERTAE SEDIS UYREKURA CHALKARICA, gen. et sp. nov. (Fig. 3A, B, D) Holotype—PIN 2974/4, proximal fragment of right carpometacarpus; collected by E.N. Kurochkin of PIN in 1968. Type Locality and Horizon—Chelkar-Tengiz (Shalkarteniz) Lake, Myn-Sai comb...
  6. Fred Ruhe

    A remarkable diversity of waterfowl with new genera and species

    Family ROMAINVILLIIDAE Lambrecht, 1933 Genus PARACYGNOPTERUS Harrison and Walker, 1979 PARACYGNOPTERUS sp. (Fig. 3J, L, M, V) Referred Material—PIN 2974/27, cranial half of right coracoid. Collected by E.N. Kurochkin in 1968. Locality and Horizon—Donguz-Tau (Donyztau); Turgai Depression...
  7. Fred Ruhe

    A remarkable diversity of waterfowl with new genera and species

    SYSTEMATIC PALEONTOLOGY Order ANSERIFORMES Family PARANYROCIDAE Miller and Compton, 1939 Genus CYGNOPTERUS Lambrecht, 1931 Type Species—Sula affinis van Beneden, 1883. Included Species—Type species from the lower Oligocene of Belgium and England, C. lambrechti Kurochkin, 1968from the lower...
  8. Fred Ruhe

    A remarkable diversity of waterfowl with new genera and species

    Nikita Zelenkov, 2024 A remarkable diversity of waterfowl (Aves: Anseriformes) from the upper Eocene and lower Oligocene of Kazakhstan Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. e2374306 doi:10.1080/02724634.2024.2374306. Abstract: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2024.2374306...
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