Geranoididae
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Geranoididae is a clade of extinct birds from the early to late Eocene and possibly early Oligocene of North America and Europe. These were mid-sized, long-legged flightless birds.[1][2][3][4][5] Recent research shows that these birds may actually be palaeognaths related to ostriches.[6]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
Family: | †Geranoididae Wetmore, 1933 |
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