Cerestenia

Cerestenia; Temporal range: Rupelian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	† Turnipacidae
Genus:	† Cerestenia
Species:	†C. pulchrapenna
Binomial name
	†Cerestenia pulchrapenna; Mayr, 2000

Last updated May 24, 2025

Cerestenia is an extinct genus of shorebird that lived during the Rupelian stage of the Oligocene epoch.

Distribution

Cerestenia pulchrapenna is known from the site of Céreste in France.^[1]

References

↑ Mayr, Gerald (2000). "Charadriiform birds from the early Oligocene of Céreste (France) and the Middle Eocene of Messel (Hessen, Germany)" . Geobios . 33 (5): 625–636. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(00)80034-0 . Retrieved 27 February 2025– via Elsevier Science Direct.

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[1] Mayr, Gerald (2000). "Charadriiform birds from the early Oligocene of Céreste (France) and the Middle Eocene of Messel (Hessen, Germany)" . Geobios . 33 (5): 625–636. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(00)80034-0 . Retrieved 27 February 2025– via Elsevier Science Direct.

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