Biology:Mangystania
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Mangystania is an extinct monotypic genus of suliform bird that lived during the Bartonian stage of the Eocene epoch.[1]
Etymology
The generic name of Mangystania refers to the Mangystau Region of Kazakhstan. The specific epithet of the type species, Mangystania humilicristata, references the craniocaudally truncated crista deltopectoralis of the species.[2]
References
- ↑ "PBDB Taxon". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=txn:358820.
- ↑ Zvonok, Evgeniy A.; Zelenkov, Nikita V.; Danilov, Igor G. (2 January 2016). "A new unusual waterbird (Aves, ?Suliformes) from the Eocene of Kazakhstan" (in en). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36 (1). doi:10.1080/02724634.2015.1035783. ISSN 0272-4634. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2015.1035783#d1e279. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
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