| Palaeoephippiorhynchus Temporal range: Oligocene | |
|---|---|
|  | |
| Palaeoephippiorhynchus edwardsi | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| 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.
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