Palaeoephippiorhynchus
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Palaeoephippiorhynchus Temporal range: Oligocene
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Palaeoephippiorhynchus edwardsi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Ciconiiformes |
Family: | Ciconiidae |
Genus: | †Palaeoephippiorhynchus Lambrecht, 1930 |
Species | |
P. dietrichi Lambrecht, 1930 |
Palaeoephippiorhynchus is an extinct genus of large stork from the Oligocene of Africa: its closest living relative is the Saddle-billed stork.[1]
References
- ^ "Palaeoephippiorhynchus Lambrecht 1930 (stork)". Fossilworks.
- Mlíkovský, J. 2003. Early Miocene birds of Djebel Zelten, Libya. J. Nat. Mus., Nat. Hist. Ser. 172: (1–4):114–120.
- Rasmussen, T.; Olson, S. L. & Simons, E. L. 1987. Fossil birds from Oligocene Jebel Qatrani Formation, Fayum Province, Egypt. Smithsonian Contributions for Paleobiology 62: 1–19.Error: "Q7126410" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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