Biology:Geronticus thackerayi
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Short description: Extinct ibis species
| Geronticus thackerayi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Pelecaniformes |
| Family: | Threskiornithidae |
| Genus: | Geronticus |
| Species: | †G. thackerayi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Geronticus thackerayi Pavia, 2019
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Geronticus thackerayi is an extinct species of Geronticus that lived in Africa during the Pliocene-Pleistocene transition.
Distribution
Geronticus thackerayi is known from fossils discovered in the Kromdraai fossil site of Gauteng, South Africa.[1]
References
- ↑ Pavia, Marco (4 May 2019). "Geronticus thackerayi , sp. nov. (Aves, Threskiornithidae), a new ibis from the hominin-bearing locality of Kromdraai (Cradle of Humankind, Gauteng, South Africa)" (in en). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39 (3). doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1647433. ISSN 0272-4634. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2019.1647433. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
Wikidata ☰ Q116698445 entry
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