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Pinpanetta
' Pinpanetta ' is an extinct genus of birds, in the duck family, from the Late Oligocene of central Australia. The genus name comes from Lake Pinpa, in the Lake Eyre Basin of north-eastern South Australia, with reference to the Pinpa Local Fauna from which much of the descriptive fossil material derives, and from the Greek netta (“duck”). It comprises three species:
- P. tedfordi Worthy, 2009 ( type species)
- P. vickersrichae Worthy, 2009
- P. fromensis Worthy, 2009