Eociconia Temporal range: Eocene | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Ciconiiformes |
Family: | Ciconiidae |
Genus: | † Eociconia Hou, 1989 |
Species: | †E. sangequanensis |
Binomial name | |
†Eociconia sangequanensis Hou, 1989 | |
Eociconia is an extinct genus of primitive stork, and one of the earliest members of Ciconiiformes. The holotype, which is a metatarsus, was found in Yixibaila Formation of Xinjiang, China, dated back to the Eocene period.