Hokkaidornis

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Hokkaidornis
Temporal range: Late Oligocene
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Suliformes
Family: Plotopteridae
Genus: Hokkaidornis
et al. 2008
Type species
Hokkaidornis abashiriensis
et al. 2008

Hokkaidornis is an extinct genus of penguin-like plotopterid from the Late Oligocene of Hokkaido, Japan.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ ; & (2008). "New penguin-like bird (Pelecaniformes; Plotopteridae) from the Late Oligocene Tokoro Formation, northeastern Hokkaido". Oryctos. 7: 83–94.


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