Itardiornis
Extinct genus of birds
| Itardiornis Temporal range: Late Eocene-Early Oligocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | †Messelornithidae |
| Genus: | †Itardiornis Mourer-Chauviré, 1995 |
| Species: | †I. hessae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Itardiornis hessae Mourer-Chauviré, 1995 | |
Itardiornis is an extinct genus of the family Messelornithidae from late Eocene and early Oligocene. Only one species is described, Itardiornis hessae, from Quercy fissure fillings.[1]
References
- ^ Mourer-Chaviré C. (1995) The Messelornithidae (Aves: Gruiformes) from the Paleogene of France. - Cour. Forsch.-Inst. Senckenberg, 181: 95-105
Further reading
- Mayr, G. Paleogene Fossil Birds. Springer, 2009. p. 93
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Genera of Gruiformes
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Infraclass: Neognathae
- Clade: Neoaves
- Order: Gruiformes
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