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Garganornis
Temporal range: Late Miocene, 9–5.5 Ma
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Drawings of Garganornis material discovered from Gargano and Scontrone localities
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: †Garganornis
Meijer, 2014
Species:
†G. ballmanni
Binomial name
†Garganornis ballmanni
Meijer, 2014

Garganornis (meaning "Gargano bird") is an extinct genus of enormous flightless anatid waterfowl from the Late Miocene of Gargano, Italy. The genus contains one species, G. ballmanni, named by Meijer in 2014. Its enormous size is thought to have been an adaptation to living in exposed, open areas with no terrestrial predators, and as a deterrent to the indigenous aerial predators like the eagle Garganoaetus and the giant barn owl Tyto gigantea.

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