Shiriyanetta hasegawai is an extinct species of seaduck from the Pleistocene of Japan. It was flightless, similar to the also extinct Chendytes from the opposite side of the Pacific.[1]
| Shiriyanetta Temporal range: Mid Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | †Shiriyanetta |
| Species: | †S. hasegawai
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| †Shiriyanetta hasegawai Watanabe et al 2015
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References
edit- ^ Watanabe, Junya; Matsuoka, Hiroshige (2015). "Flightless diving duck (Aves, Anatidae) from the Pleistocene of Shiriya, northeast Japan". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 35 (6): e994745. Bibcode:2015JVPal..35E4745W. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.994745. S2CID 83689129.
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