Miopelecanus
| Miopelecanus Temporal range: Early Miocene
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| Genus: | Miopelecanus Cheneval, 1984[1]
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| Species: | M. gracilis
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| 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
- ^ Cheneval, Jacques (1984). "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.
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