Minggangia

Mingganga Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Family:	Threskiornithidae or Rallidae
Genus:	†Minggangia Hou, 1982
Species
Minggangia changgouensis Hou, 1982

Minggangia is a extinct genus of bird which fossils are discovered in Lizhuang Formation of Henan Province, China. This formation was dated back at the late Eocene period.

Classification

As in traditionally thought, this genus was a ibis, but it might be a species of the family Rallidae by some recent authorities.

References

• AN IBIS-LIKE BIRD (AVES: CF . THRESKIORNITHIDAE) FROM THE LATE MIDDLE EOCENE OF MYANMAR