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Aldiomedes

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Aldiomedes
Temporal range: Piacenzian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Diomedeidae
Genus: Aldiomedes
Species:
A. angustirostris
Binomial name
Aldiomedes angustirostris
Mayr & Tennyson, 2019

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

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  1. ^ 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.