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Anseriformes

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Anseriformes
Temporal range:
Late Cretaceous-Holocene, 71–0 Ma
Magpie guiss, Anseranas semipalmata
Scientific classification e
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Aves
Superorder: Galloanserae
Order: Anseriformes
Wagler, 1831
Extant faimilies
Range o the watterfoul an allies

Anseriformes is an order o birds. It comprises aboot 150 livin species in three faimilies: Anhimidae (the screamers), Anseranatidae (the Magpie Goose), an Anatidae, the lairgest faimily, which includes ower 140 species o watterfoul, amang them the deuks, geese, an swans.