Ciconia lydekkeri
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Ciconia lydekkeri Temporal range: Middle to Late Pleistocene
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Ciconiiformes |
Family: | Ciconiidae |
Genus: | Ciconia |
Species: | †C. lydekkeri
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Binomial name | |
†Ciconia lydekkeri (Ameghino, 1891)
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Ciconia lydekkeri is an extinct species of stork from the Middle and Late Pleistocene of Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina.[1]
Florentino Ameghino named the species after British paleontologist Richard Lydekker, whom first described bones discovered in caves near Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Ciconia maltha has been considered to be a synonym of this species and, if accepted, would increase its range to include United States and Cuba.[1]
References
External links
- Data related to Ciconia at Wikispecies
- Data related to Ciconia lydekkeri at WikispeciesError: "Q18418586" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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