Biology:Eociconia
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Short description: Extinct genus of birds
| Eociconia Temporal range: Eocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Ciconiiformes |
| Family: | Ciconiidae |
| Genus: | †Eociconia Hou, 1989 |
| Species: | †E. sangequanensis
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| †Eociconia sangequanensis Hou, 1989
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Eociconia is an extinct genus of primitive stork, and one of the earliest members of Ciconiiformes. The holotype, which is a metatarsus, was found in Yixibaila Formation of Xinjiang, China , dated back to the Eocene period.
References
- ig. 5. Distal end of the tarsometatarsus. A. " Ciconiiform " bird Sanshuiornis zhangi gen. et sp. nov. , Researchgate.net
Wikidata ☰ Q20729198 entry
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