Megalodytes
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| Megalodytes Temporal range: Miocene, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | †Megalodytes Howard, 1992 |
Megalodytes is an extinct genus of waterfowl. The only known species, M. morejohni, is known from fragmentary wingbones found in Middle Miocene-aged marine strata of Kern County, California.[1] Other material from similarly aged material from Japan originally referred to Megalodytes is now referred to the genus Annakacygna[2]
