Ciconia lydekkeri
Extinct species of bird
Ciconia lydekkeri Temporal range: Middle to Late Pleistocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Ciconiiformes |
Family: | Ciconiidae |
Genus: | Ciconia |
Species: | †C. lydekkeri |
Binomial name | |
†Ciconia lydekkeri (Ameghino, 1891) | |
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Ciconia lydekkeri is an extinct species of stork from the Middle and Late Pleistocene of Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina.[1]
Florentino Ameghino named the species after British paleontologist Richard Lydekker, whom first described bones discovered in caves near Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Ciconia maltha has been considered to be a synonym of this species and, if accepted, would increase its range to include United States and Cuba.[1]
References
- ^ a b Agnolin, F. (2009) El registro fósil de Ciconia lydekkeri Ameghino, 1891 en el Pleistoceno de Sudamérica. Studia Geologica Salmaticensia 45 (1): 53-58.
External links
- Data related to Ciconia at Wikispecies
- Data related to Ciconia lydekkeri at Wikispecies
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