The Malagasy sheldgoose (Centrornis majori) is an extinct monotypic species of large goose in the shelduck subfamily. It was described from subfossil remains radiocarbon dated to about 17,000 years ago, found in central Madagascar.[2]
| Malagasy sheldgoose Temporal range: Late Pleistocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | †Centrornis Andrews, 1897[1] |
| Species: | †C. majori
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| Binomial name | |
| †Centrornis majori Andrews, 1897
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References
edit- ^ Andrews, CW (1897). "On some fossil remains of carinate birds from central Madagascar". Ibis. 7 (3): 343–359. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1897.tb03281.x.
- ^ Goodman, SM (1999). Holocene bird subfossils from the sites of Ampasambazimba, Antsirabe and Ampoza, Madagascar: Changes in the avifauna of south central Madagascar over the past few millennia. In: Adams, N.J. & Slotow, R.H. (eds) Proc. 22 Int. Ornithol. Congr., Durban. Johannesburg: BirdLife South Africa. pp. 3071–3083. Archived from the original on 2014-05-19.