Tirarinetta
Extinct genus of birds
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Tirarinetta is an extinct genus of anatid that lived during the Pliocene in Australia.
| Tirarinetta Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | †Tirarinetta |
| Species: | †T. kanunka |
| Binomial name | |
| †Tirarinetta kanunka Worthy, 2008 | |
Distribution
Fossils of T. kanunka are known from the Tirari Formation of the Lake Eyre Basin.[1]
