Extinct genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Palaeoephippiorhynchus is an extinct genus of large stork from the Oligocene of Africa: its closest living relative is the saddle-billed stork.[1]
Palaeoephippiorhynchus Temporal range: Oligocene | |
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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 |
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