Pelecanus odessanus
Pelecanus odessanus Temporal range: Late Miocene
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Pelecaniformes |
Family: | Pelecanidae |
Genus: | Pelecanus |
Species: | P. odessanus
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Binomial name | |
Pelecanus odessanus Widhalm, 1886[1]
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Pelecanus odessanus is a large species of fossil pelican, described in 1886 from Late Miocene fossil material since lost, from Novaja Slobodka, near Odessa in the Ukraine.[2]
References[]
- ^ Widhalm, J. (1886). "Die fossilen Vogel-Knochen der Odessaer-Steppen-Kalk-Steinbrüche an der Neuen Slobodka bei Odessa". Schriften der Neurussische Gesellschaft der Naturforscher zu Odessa. 10: 3–9.
- ^ Olson, Storrs L. (1999). "A new species of pelican (Aves: Pelecanidae) from the Lower Pliocene of North Carolina and Florida" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 112 (3): 503–509.
Categories:
- Pelecanus
- Miocene birds
- Fossil taxa described in 1886
- Prehistoric birds of Europe
- Prehistoric bird stubs
- Pelecaniformes stubs