Palaeoephippiorhynchus

Palaeoephippiorhynchus
Temporal range: Oligocene–Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Ciconiidae
Genus: Palaeoephippiorhynchus
Lambrecht, 1930
Species

P. dietrichi Lambrecht, 1930
P. edwardsi (Lydekker, 1891)

Palaeoephippiorhynchus is an extinct genus of large stork from the Oligocene[1] and Miocene. There are two recorded species, P. dietrichi from early Oligocene of Egypt and P. edwardsi from Miocene of Libya.

References

  1. ↑ "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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