Miopelecanus
Appearance
Miopelecanus Temporal range:
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Pelecaniformes |
Family: | Pelecanidae |
Genus: | †Miopelecanus Milne-Edwards, 1863[1] |
Species: | †M. gracilis
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Binomial name | |
†Miopelecanus gracilis (Milne-Edwards, 1863)
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Miopelecanus is a fossil genus of pelicans, with the species M. gracilis, dating from the Early Miocene.[2]
References
- ^ Milne-Edwards (1863). "Les oiseaux aquatiques (Gaviiformes a Anseriformes) du gisement Aquitanien de Saint-Gerand-le-Puy (Allier, France): revision systematique". Palaeovertebrata (Montpellier). 14 (2): 33–115.
- ^ Schreiber, Elizabeth Anne; Burger, Joanna, eds. (2002). Biology of Marine Birds. CRC marine biology series. New York: CRC Press. ISBN 0849398827.