Biology:Miomancalla
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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] M. howardi, was the largest charadriiform of all time, with an estimated body mass of 5.4 kg.[2]
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.
- ↑ Smith, N. Adam (2015). "Evolution of body mass in the Pan-Alcidae (Aves, Charadriiformes): the effects of combining neontological and paleontological data". Paleobiology 42 (1): 8–26. doi:10.1017/pab.2015.24. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/paleobiology/article/evolution-of-body-mass-in-the-panalcidae-aves-charadriiformes-the-effects-of-combining-neontological-and-paleontological-data/70AFD357C0763552CB0B0E16C566F3F6.
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