Anseriformes
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Anseriformes is an order of birds also known as waterfowl that comprises 178 living species of birds in three families: Anhimidae (three species of screamers), Anseranatidae (the magpie goose), and Anatidae, the largest family, which includes the other 174 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans. Most modern species in the order are highly adapted for an aquatic existence at t
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| Anseriformes Temporal range:
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| Magpie goose, Anseranas semipalmata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Superorder: | Galloanserae |
| Clade: | Odontoanserae |
| Clade: | Anserimorphae |
| Order: | Anseriformes Wagler, 1831 |
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| Range of the waterfowl and allies | |
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- Taxa named by Johann Georg Wagler
- Extant Maastrichtian first appearances
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