Pellornis
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| Pellornis Temporal range: Early Eocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | †Messelornithidae |
| Genus: | †Pellornis Bertelli et al., 2011 |
| Type species | |
| †Pellornis mikkelseni (Bertelli et al. 2011)
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Pellornis is an extinct genus of gruiform bird from the Early Eocene of Denmark.[1][2]
References
- ^ Bertelli, S. Chiappe, L.M. & Mayr, G. (2011) A new Messel rail from the Early Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark (Aves, Messelornithidae). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 9(4):551-562.
- ^ Musser, G. et al. (2019) New Material of Paleocene-Eocene Pellornis (Aves: Gruiformes) Clarifies the Pattern and Timing of the Extant Gruiform Radiation. Diversity, 11(7), 102; https://doi.org/10.3390/d11070102
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