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Neochen debilis

Neochen debilis
Temporal range:
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)
Synonyms
  • Chenalopex debilis Ameghino, 1891

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.



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