Vegaviidae

Translingual

Etymology

From Vegavis (“genus name”) +‎ -idae.

Proper noun

†Vegaviidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Vegaviiformes – certain extinct goose-like birds that lived from the Late Cretaceous to Early Paleogene, with fossils found in Chile, New Zealand and Antarctica.

Hyponyms

• (family): †Australornis, †Neogaeornis, †Polarornis, †Vegavis (extinct genera)

See also

• †Presbyornithidae

References

• Vegaviidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Presbyornithidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Vegavis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Presbyornithidae at Paleobiology Database
• 2017 October 7, F. L. Agnolín, F. B. Egli, S. Chatterjee, J. A. G. Marsà, F. E. Novas, Vegaviidae, a new clade of southern diving birds that survived the K/T boundary, Naturwissenschaften, 104(11-12):87, doi: 10.1007/s00114-017-1508-y