| Eoanseranas handae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anseranatidae |
| Genus: | †Eoanseranas Worthy & Scanlon, 2009 |
| Species: | †E. handae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Eoanseranas handae | |
Eoanseranas handae, also sometimes referred to asHand's dawn magpie goose,[1] is an extinctgenus andspecies ofbird. Allied to the familyAnseranatidae, which are represented by modernmagpie geese, it existed during theLate Oligocene orEarly Miocene of northern Australia. It was described from fossil material (a leftcoracoid and two leftscapulae) found at a Carl Creek Limestone site atRiversleigh, in theBoodjamulla National Park of northwesternQueensland. It was slightly smaller than its perceived descendant, the extant magpie gooseAnseranas semipalmata.
The generic name comes from theGreekeos ("dawn") andAnseranas, for the apparent ancestral connection to the modern speciesAnseranas semipalmata. The specific epithet honours AustralianpalaeontologistSuzanne Hand, a prominent researcher of the fossil faunas of Riversleigh.[2]
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