Anhinga walterbolesi

Anhinga walterbolesi is an extinct species of darter from the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene of Australia. It was described from fossil material (a left tarsometatarsus) collected in 1982 from the Etadunna Formation of the Snake Dam site, in the Lake Eyre Basin of north-eastern South Australia. The specific epithet honours Australian palaeontologist Walter Boles for his contributions to Australian palaeornithology.[1]

Anhinga walterbolesi
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Suliformes
Family: Anhingidae
Genus: Anhinga
Species:
A. walterbolesi
Binomial name
Anhinga walterbolesi
Worthy, 2012

References

  1. Worthy, Trevor H. (2012). "A new species of Oligo-Miocene darter (Aves: Anhingidae) from Australia". The Auk. 129 (1): 96–104. doi:10.1525/auk.2012.11204. hdl:2328/35946. S2CID 86704271.


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