Lavadytis
Extinct genus of ducks
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Lavadytis is an extinct genus of anatid birds that lived in what is now Nevada during the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum of the Miocene epoch. It contains the single species Lavadytis pyrenae.
| Lavadytis Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | †Lavadytis |
| Species: | †L. pyrenae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Lavadytis pyrenae Stidham and Hilton, 2015 | |
Palaeobiology
Palaeoecology
Lavadytis pyrenae was osteologically adapted for diving, and it likely behaved in a similar manner and occupied a similar ecological niche to modern diving ducks.[1]
