to other giant anseriforms; however, the impressions of ligaments on the bones are weaker and less defined.

Discovery and naming

The first remains of Garganornis were discovered from the Posticchia 5 fissure filling near the town of Apricena in Gargano, Italy. These deposits are part of the Miocene Mikrotia faunal assemblage (named after an abundant murid

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