Vegaviidae
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vegavis (“genus name”) + -idae.
Proper noun[edit]
†Vegaviidae
- 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[edit]
- (family): †Australornis, †Neogaeornis, †Polarornis, †Vegavis (extinct genera)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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
