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Australotadorna alecwilsoni is an extinct genus and species of bird, in the Tadorninae of the Anatidae family, from the Chattian of central Australia. The genus name comes from the Latin australis ("southern" or, derivatively, "Australian") and Tadorna (a genus of ). The specific epithet honours Alec Wilson, pastoral lease holder of Frome Downs Station, who supported paleontology access to, and investigation of, fossil sites on his property. The type locality is Lake Pinpa in the Lake Eyre Basin of north-eastern South Australia.
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