Hokkaidornis
Hokkaidornis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Suliformes |
Family: | †Plotopteridae |
Genus: | †Hokkaidornis et al. 2008 |
Type species | |
†Hokkaidornis abashiriensis et al. 2008
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Hokkaidornis is an extinct genus of penguin-like plotopterid from the Late Oligocene of Hokkaido, Japan.[1]
References[]
- ^ ; & (2008). "New penguin-like bird (Pelecaniformes; Plotopteridae) from the Late Oligocene Tokoro Formation, northeastern Hokkaido". Oryctos. 7: 83–94.
Categories:
- Pelecaniformes
- Oligocene birds of Asia
- Fossil taxa described in 2008
- Fossils of Japan
- Prehistoric bird stubs
- Pelecaniformes stubs