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| | Anseriformes - EvoWiki |
 | | Anseriformes (Wagler, 1830) is an order of aquatic birds including Anhimidae (screamers), Anseranatidae (a monotypic family whose sole member is the magpie goose, Anseranas semipalmata), Anatidae (including true ducks, geese, and swans) and the extinct family Presbyornithidae. |
 | | With a some exceptions, it is now widely believed that anseriforms share most recent common ancestry with the Galliformes, or land fowl, forming a clade referred to as Galloanserae. |
 | | Within the Anseres, the magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the most primitive lineage, the sister to the clade formed by the Presbyornithidae and Anatidae. |
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