Biology:Minggangia
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Short description: Extinct genus of birds
| Minggangia Temporal range: Eocene
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Minggangia changgouensis | |
Minggangia is an extinct genus of bird which fossils are discovered in Lizhuang Formation of Henan Province, China. This formation was dated back at the late Eocene period.[1]
Classification
As in traditionally thought, this genus was an ibis,[1] but it might be a species of the family Rallidae by some recent authorities.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hou, Lian-hai (1982). "New form of the Threskiornithidae from the Upper Eocene of the Minggang, Henan". Vertebrata PalAsiatica 20 (3): 196–202. http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200903/W020090813374746717781.pdf. [in Chinese with English abstract].
Wikidata ☰ Q55643185 entry
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