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Cygnus lacustris (De Vis, 1905)

Lake swan (proposed)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Archaeocygnus lacustris De Vis, 1905 (original combination)

 

Conservation Status

Invalid?

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution

South Australia, Australia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

De Vis, Charles W. (1905). A contribution to the extinct avifauna of Australia. Annals of the Queensland Museum 6: 3-25.

 

Other references:

Antoine Louchart, Patrick Vignaud, Andossa Likius, Hassane Taisso Mackaye and Michel Brunet. (2005). A New Swan (Aves: Anatidae) in Africa, from the Latest Miocene of Chad and Libya. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(2): 384-392. [Abstract]

Rich, Patricia Vickers and Van Tets, Gerry F. (1981). The fossil pelicans of Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum 18: 235-264.

Rich, Patricia Vickers and Van Tets, Gerry F. (1982). Fossil birds of Australia and New Guinea: their biogeographic, phylogenetic, and biostratigraphic input, pp. 235-384. In Rich, Patricia Vickers and Thompson, E. M. (eds.). The Fossil Vertebrate Record of Australasia. Clayton, Victoria: Monash University Offset Printing Unit.

Tyrberg, Tommy. (2008). The Late Pleistocene Continental Avian extinction – an evaluation of the fossil evidence. Oryctos 7: 249-269.

Van Tets, Gerry F. and Rich, Patricia Vickers. (1990). An evaluation of de Vis' fossil birds. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 28: 165-168.

 

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