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
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Binomial name | |
†Itardiornis hessae Mourer-Chauviré, 1995
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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