The Oldest Finds of the Genera Melanitta, Marmaronetta, and Other Ducks (Aves: Anatidae) from the Lower Pleistocene of the Crimea
Journal: Paleontological Journal
Year: 2024

Material on ducks from the Lower Pleistocene (about 1.8 Ma) of Taurida Cave in the Crimea represents forms new to the locality: Melanitta kirbori sp. nov., Marmaronetta angustirostris, Spatula querquedula, Anas aff. A. acuta, and Anas aff. A. platyrhynchos. In addition, new material on the previously known taxa Spatula praeclypeata Zelenkov, 2022 and Tadorna petrina Kurochkin, 1985 is described. The assemblage of ducks from Taurida Cave is the oldest representative fauna of Anatidae for the Earl