Goose, Swan and Ducks - Early water birds
Pink footed goose, Whooper swan, Red-breasted merganser, Cape Barren Goose and Horned Screamer skeletons,
part of the early evolution of water birds of the Neognathes branch.
Anser brachyrhynchus, Cygnus cygnus, Mergus serrator and Cereopsis novaehollandiae and Anhima cornuta skeletons.
Note, the red breasted merganser skeleton has a cartilage chamber in the chest preserved, which may be an air sac.
Courtesy of the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge
Anser brachyrhynchus
Anser brachyrhynchus
Anser brachyrhynchus
Anser brachyrhynchus
Anser brachyrhynchus
Anser brachyrhynchus
Cygnus cygnus
Cygnus cygnus
Cygnus cygnus
Cygnus cygnus
Cygnus cygnus -
Cygnus cygnus
Mergus serrator
Mergus serrator
Mergus serrator
Mergus serrator
Mergus serrator
Mergus serrator
Cereopsis novaehollandiae
Cereopsis novaehollandiae
Cereopsis novaehollandiae
Cereopsis novaehollandiae
Cereopsis novaehollandiae
Cereopsis novaehollandiae
Anhima cornuta
Anhima cornuta
Anhima cornuta
Anhima cornuta
Anhima cornuta
Anhima cornuta