Vegaviidae

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Vegavis (“genus name”) +‎ -idae. === Proper noun === †Vegaviidae A taxonomic family within the order Vegaviiformes – certain extinct goose-like birds that lived from the Late Cretaceous to Early Paleogene, with fossils found in Chile, New Zealand and Antarctica. ==== Hyponyms ==== (family): †Australornis, †Neogaeornis, †Polarornis, †Vegavis (extinct genera) === See also === †Presbyornithidae === References === Vegaviidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Presbyornithidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Vegavis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons “Presbyornithidae”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026 2017 October 7, F. L. Agnolín, F. B. Egli, S. Chatterjee, J. A. G. Marsà, F. E. Novas, Vegaviidae, a new clade of southern diving birds that survived the K/T boundary, Naturwissenschaften, 104(11-12):87, doi: 10.1007/s00114-017-1508-y