Archaeocycnus lacustris De Vis 1905 (waterfowl)

Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Alternative combination: Cygnus lacustris

Full reference: C. W. De Vis. 1905. A contribution to the knowledge of the extinct avifauna of Australia. Annals of the Queensland Museum 6:3-25

Belongs to Archaeocycnus according to C. W. De Vis 1905

See also Brodkorb 1964 and Lambrecht 1933

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lower Cooper River, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Australia

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at Lower Cooper River

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