Biology:Pelecanus odessanus
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Short description: Extinct species of bird
| Pelecanus odessanus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Pelecaniformes |
| Family: | Pelecanidae |
| Genus: | Pelecanus |
| Species: | P. odessanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pelecanus odessanus Widhalm, 1886[1]
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Pelecanus odessanus is a large species of fossil pelican, described in 1886 from Late Miocene fossil material since lost, from Novaja Slobodka, near Odesa in the Ukraine .[2] With a tarsometatarsus length of 150 mm (5.9 in), it was about the same size as Pelecanus schreiberi from the Early Pliocene of North America.[2]
References
- ↑ Widhalm, J. (1886). "Die fossilen Vogel-Knochen der Odessaer-Steppen-Kalk-Steinbrüche an der Neuen Slobodka bei Odessa". Schriften der Neurussische Gesellschaft der Naturforscher zu Odessa 10: 3–9.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Olson, Storrs L. (1999). "A new species of pelican (Aves: Pelecanidae) from the Lower Pliocene of North Carolina and Florida". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 112 (3): 503–509. https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/6492/VZ_293_Pelecanus_schreiberi.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y.
Wikidata ☰ Q2644694 entry
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