Australotadorna

Australotadorna alecwilsoni is an extinct genus and species of bird, in the shelduck subfamily of the duck family, from the Late Oligocene of central Australia. The genus name comes from the Latin australis and Tadorna. The specific epithet honours Alec Wilson, pastoral lease holder of Frome Downs Station, who supported palaeontological access to, and investigation of, fossil sites on his property. The type [locality (biology)|type locality] is Lake Pinpa in the Lake [Eyre Basin] of north-eastern South Australia.