Neochen debilis

Neochen debilis is an extinct species of goose from the Middle Pleistocene Belgrano Formation of Argentina. Argentine paleontologist Florentino Ameghino described the species from a tarsometatarsus discovered in La Plata.^[1] It was smaller than the extant Orinoco goose.^[2]

Neochen debilis Temporal range: Mid Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Anseriformes
Family:	Anatidae
Genus:	Neochen
Species:	N. debilis
Binomial name
Neochen debilis (Ameghino 1891)
Synonyms
Chenalopex debilis Ameghino 1891