''Neochen pugil'' is an

extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

species of goose from the

Late Pleistocene The Late Pleistocene is an unofficial Age (geology), age in the international geologic timescale in chronostratigraphy, also known as Upper Pleistocene from a Stratigraphy, stratigraphic perspective. It is intended to be the fourth division of ...

or possibly the

Early Holocene In the geologic time scale, the Greenlandian is the earliest age or lowest stage of the Holocene Epoch or Series, part of the Quaternary. Beginning in 11,650 BP (9701 BCE or 300 HE) and ending 8,276 BP (6237 BCE or 3764 HE), it is the earlies ...

of Brazil. The fossils were discovered by

Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish a ...

paleontologist

Peter Wilhelm Lund Peter Wilhelm Lund (14 June 1801 – 25 May 1880) was a Danish paleontologist, zoologist, and archeologist. He spent most of his life working and living in Brazil. He is considered the father of Brazilian paleontology as well as archaeology. He ...

near Lagoa Santa,

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

state, and described by Danish ornithologist

Oluf Winge Gustav Oluf Bang Winge (14 May 1855 Copenhagen – 16 February 1889)Collin, J. (1905) Winge, Gustav Oluf Bang. In: Bricka, C. F. (ed.) Dansk biografisk Lexikon, tillige omfattende, Norge for tidsrummet 1537-1814, XIX. BIND: 34. was a Danish zoologi ...

in 1888. It was related to the living

Orinoco goose The Orinoco goose (''Neochen jubata'') is a Near-threatened species, Near Threatened species of waterfowl in tribe Tadornini of subfamily Anserinae.HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife Internatio ...

, but much larger.Winge, O. (1888) Fugle fra Knoglehuler i Brasilien – E Museo Lundii 1 (2): 1-54.

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* * Tadorninae Pleistocene birds Quaternary birds of South America Pleistocene Brazil Fossils of Brazil Fossil taxa described in 1888 {{Paleo-bird-stub