Biology:Miomancalla
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Short description: Extinct genus of birds
Miomancalla | |
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Holotype of M. howardi | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Clade: | †Mancallinae |
Genus: | †Miomancalla |
Type species | |
Miomancalla wetmorei Howard, 1976
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Species | |
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Skull of M. howardi compared with the skull of the great auk
Miomancalla is an extinct genus of prehistoric flightless alcids that lived on the Pacific coast of today's California in the Miocene epoch. It contained two species, M. howardi and M. wetmorei.[1]
References
- ↑ Smith, N.A. (2011). "Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the flightless Mancallinae (Aves, Pan-Alcidae)". ZooKeys (91): 1–116. doi:10.3897/zookeys.91.709. PMID 21594108. PMC 3084493. Bibcode: 2011ZooK...91....1S. https://archive.org/details/pubmed-PMC3084493.
Wikidata ☰ Q106716100 entry
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