Chenoanas
Extinct genus of birds
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Chenoanas is an extinct genus of duck from the Miocene of Eurasia.
| Chenoanas Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | †Chenoanas |
| Type species | |
| †Chenoanas deserta Zelenkov, 2012 | |
| Other species | |
Three species have been described:
- †Chenoanas sansaniensis (Milne-Edwards 1867) (early to middle Miocene of eastern Siberia and France) - originally described as a species of Anas
- †C. deserta Zelenkov 2012 (middle Miocene of Western Mongolia)
- †C. asiatica Zelenkov & Stidham 2018 (middle Miocene of Inner Mongolia (China) and Western Mongolia)
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