Neochen debilis Temporal range: |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Anseriformes |
Family: | Anatidae |
Subfamily: | Tadorninae |
Genus: | Neochen |
Species: | N. debilis |
Binomial name | |
Neochen debilis (Ameghino, 1891) |
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Neochen debilis is an extinct species of goose from the of Argentina. Argentine paleontologist Florentino Ameghino described the species from a tarsometatarsus discovered in La Plata. It was smaller than the living Orinoco goose.