Ciconia maltha
| Ciconia maltha | |
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| Fossil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Ciconiiformes |
| Family: | Ciconiidae |
| Genus: | Ciconia |
| Species: | C. maltha |
| Binomial name | |
| Ciconia maltha Miller, 1910 | |
Ciconia maltha, also known as the Asphalt Stork or La Brea Stork, is an extinct stork from the Late Pliocene – Late Pleistocene of USA (California, Oregon, Idaho and Florida), Cuba and Bolivia. It has been found in the La Brea Tar Pits.[1]
It is a relatively large species of Ciconia, with a height of over 4 feet (1.5 meters) and a wingspan up to 9 feet (3 meters) across.[2]
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- ↑ Feduccia, J. Alan (1967). "Ciconia maltha and Grus americana from the Upper Pliocene of Idaho" (PDF). The Wilson Bulletin 79 (3): 316–318. JSTOR 4159621.
- ↑ Valdes, Natali (2013). "Ciconia maltha :: Florida Museum of Natural History".
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