Liptornis
| Liptornis hesternus Temporal range: Middle Miocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | incerti ordinis |
| Family: | incertae familiae |
| Genus: | Liptornis Ameghino, 1894[1] |
| Species: | L. cuvierii |
| Binomial name | |
| Liptornis hesternus Ameghino, 1894 | |
Liptornis hesternus is a fossil bird of uncertain affinities. It was described by Argentine palaeontologist Florentino Ameghino in 1894 from a large cervical vertebra from the Middle Miocene of Patagonia. At the time it was referred to the Pelecanidae, though this is questionable. In his 1933 palaeornithological review, Lambrecht referred it only to the superfamily Sulides without placing it in a family.[2] A later study has suggested family Anhingidae.[3]
References
- ↑ Ameghino, F. (1894). "Sur les oiseaux fossiles de Patagonie; et la faune mammalogique des couches à Pyrotherium". Boletin del Instituto Geográfico Argentino 15: 501–660.
- ↑ Olson, Storrs L. (1985). "The fossil record of birds". In Donald S. Farner, James R. King, & Kenneth C. Parkes, eds. Avian Biology, vol. VIII. Academic Press. p. 201. ISBN 0-12-249408-3.
- ↑ "†Liptornis (darter)". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
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