Mergellus mochanovi Zelenkov & Kurochkin, 2014
Dyuktai (River) smew (proposed)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene or early Holocene
Distribution
Dyuktai River, Russia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Zelenkov, N. V. and Kurochkin, E. N. (2014). Two new waterfowl species (Aves: Anseriformes) from the Upper Pleistocene of Yakutia: The first extinct species of Quaternary birds from Russia. Paleontological Journal 48(6): 645-654. [Abstract]