Aldiomedes
Appearance
Aldiomedes Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Procellariiformes |
Family: | Diomedeidae |
Genus: | Aldiomedes |
Species: | A. angustirostris
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Binomial name | |
Aldiomedes angustirostris Mayr & Tennyson, 2019
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Aldiomedes is an extinct genus of albatross that lived in New Zealand during the Piacenzian stage. It is a monotypic genus containing the species A. angustirostris.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Mayr, Gerald; Tennyson, Alan J. D. (July 2020). "A small, narrow‐beaked albatross from the Pliocene of New Zealand demonstrates a higher past diversity in the feeding ecology of the Diomedeidae". Ibis. 162 (3): 723–734. doi:10.1111/ibi.12757. ISSN 0019-1019. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via Wiley Online Library.