Palaeoephippiorhynchus

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

• 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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Genera of storks and their extinct allies

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Aves
• Clade: Aequornithes
• Order: Ciconiiformes

Ciconiiformes
Ciconiiformes incertae sedis †Sanshuiornis? Ciconiidae Anastomus Ciconia †Ciconiopsis? †Eociconia? Ephippiorhynchus †Grallavis Jabiru Leptoptilos Mycteria †Palaeoephippiorhynchus †Pelargodes †Pelargosteon †Prociconia

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