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Anhinga laticeps (De Vis, 1906)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Plotus laticeps (De Vis, 1906)

 

Conservation Status

Invalid (synonym)

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution

Australia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

De Vis, Charles W. (1906). A contribution to the knowledge of the extinct avifauna of Australia. Annals of the Queensland Museum 6: 33-36.

 

Other references:

Mackness, B. S. and van Tets, G. F. (1995). Status of the late Pleistocene fossil darter Anhinga laticeps (De Vis, 1906). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38(2): 611-614.

Worthy, Trevor H. and Nguyen, Jacqueline M. T. (2020). An annotated checklist of the fossil birds of Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 144(1): 66-108.

 

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