Aves - Anseriformes - Presbyornithidae

Full reference: L. A. Nessov. 1988. Novye ptitsy Mela i Paleogena spedney Azii i Kazakhstana i usloviya na mestakh ikh obitaniya [New Cretaceous and Paleogene birds from Central Asia and Kazakhstan and their environments]. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademiy Nauk SSSR 182:116-123

Parent taxon: Presbyornithidae according to L. A. Nessov 1988

See also Bourdon et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Bumbalavis, Headonornis, Murgonornis, Presbyornis, Telmabates, Teviornis, Wilaru

Subtaxa: Zhylgaia aestiflua

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Type: Zhylgaia aestiflua

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at Zhylga 1a (Paleocene of Kazakhstan)

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