Anabernicula robusta Short 1970 (dabbling duck)

Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Full reference: L. L. Short. 1970. Mid-Pleistocene birds from western Nebraska, including a new species of sheldgoose. The Condor 72(2):147-152

Belongs to Anabernicula according to L. L. Short 1970

Sister taxa: Anabernicula gracilenta, Anabernicula oregonensis

Type specimen: USNM 5769, a limb element (right humerus). Its type locality is Rushville Quarry (UNSM Sd-3), which is in an Irvingtonian terrestrial horizon in Nebraska.

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at Rushville Quarry (UNSM Sd-3)

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