Phoeniconotius

Phoeniconotius
Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Early Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Phoenicopteriformes
Family:Phoenicopteridae
Genus:Phoeniconotius
Miller, 1963
Species: P. eyrensis
Binomial name
Phoeniconotius eyrensis
Miller, 1963

Phoeniconotius is an extinct genus of flamingo that lived in Australia from the late Oligocene to the early Miocene.[1]

References

  1. Alden H. Miller (1963). "The fossil flamingoes of Australia" (PDF). The Condor. 65 (4): 289–299. doi:10.2307/1365355.


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