Mioquerquedula

Mioquerquedula is an extinct genus of ducks from the Middle Miocene containing two species, M. minutissima and M. velox.^[1] It was one of the smallest anseriforms known. The genus was erected by Nikita Zelenkov and Evgenii Nikolaievich Kurochkin in 2012.^[2]

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Anseriformes

Family:Anatidae

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Mioquerquedula Temporal range: Middle Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Anseriformes
Family:	Anatidae
Genus:	†Mioquerquedula Zelenkov & Kuročkin, 2012
Type species
†Mioquerquedula minutissima Zelenkov & Kuročkin, 2012
Other species
†M. palaeotagaica Zelenkov 2023 †M. velox (A. Milne-Edwards, 1868)

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