unusually large size of the bone suggests that it pertains to Garganornis. The genus name Garganornis is derived from the general area of Gargano, in which the...
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County, USA) Family Anatidae Leach 1820 (almost 150 species) Genus †Garganornis ballmanni Meijer 2014 Subfamily †Romainvilliinae Lambrecht 1933 Genus †Romainvillia...
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(38 lb). The largest anatid ever known is the extinct flightless Garganornis ballmanni at 22 kg (49 lb). The wings are short and pointed, and supported...
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found ranging from 10 to 12 million years ago (Middle Miocene). Garganornis ballmanni from Late Miocene (~ 6–9 Ma) of Gargano region of central Italy...
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relatives are the small eagles (Hieraaetus, Spizaetus, Lophaetus). Garganornis ballmanni, an extinct flightless giant goose-like waterfowl "Strix" perpasta...
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Göhlich, U. B. (2017-01-11). "The extreme insular adaptation of Garganornis ballmanni Meijer, 2014: a giant Anseriformes of the Neogene of the Mediterranean...
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Garganornis ballmanni, a very large fossil goose from the Gargano and Scontrone islands of the Late Miocene...
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229 kg (505 lb) for North American. Possibly flightless, the Miocene Garganornis ballmanni was larger than any extant members of Anseriformes, with 15.3–22...
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anseriform family Vegaviidae. New skeletal elements (limb bones) of Garganornis ballmanni are described from the Miocene of Italy by Pavia et al. (2017)....
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anseriform (Aves: Anseriformes) from the Miocene of Gargano (Italy) Garganornis". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 13 (1): 19–26. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2013.08.001...
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Miller & Compton 1939 (Early Miocene) – anatide or own family? †Garganornis ballmanni Meijer 2014 Anhimidae Stejneger 1885 [Palamedeinae Bonaparte 1831;...
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