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Pleistocene record of Chloephaga Eyton, 1838 (Anseriformes: Anatidae) in the Argentine Pampas, with the description of a new species

  • 1. Laboratorio de Anatomía Comparada y Evolución de los Vertebrados (LACEV), Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (MACN-CONICET), Avenida Ángel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Fundación de Historia Natural "Félix de Azara", Departamento de Ciencias Naturales y Antropología, Universidad Maimónides, Hidalgo 775, C1405BDB, Buenos Aires (Argentina) fedeagnolin@yahoo.com.ar (corresponding author)
  • 2. Laboratorio de Anatomía Comparada y Evolución de los Vertebrados (LACEV), Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (MACN-CONICET), Avenida Ángel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
  • 3. Instituto Geológico del Sur (INGEOSUR), Departamento de Geología Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)-CONICET, Avenida Alem 1253, 8000, Bahía Blanca (Argentina)

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Agnolín, Federico L., Álvarez Herrera, Gerardo P., Tomassini, Rodrigo (2024): Pleistocene record of Chloephaga Eyton, 1838 (Anseriformes: Anatidae) in the Argentine Pampas, with the description of a new species. Comptes Rendus Palevol 23 (18): 241-255, DOI: 10.5852/cr-palevol2024v23a18, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/cr-palevol2024v23a18

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