Feducciavis

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Feducciavis
Temporal range: Middle Miocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Subfamily: Sterninae
Genus: Feducciavis
Species:
F. loftini
Binomial name
Feducciavis loftini
Olson, 2011

Feducciavis is an extinct genus of sternine that lived during the Middle Miocene.

Distribution

Feducciavis loftini fossils are known from the Calvert Formation of Maryland. [1]

References

  1. Olson, Storrs L. (1 December 2011). "A new genus and species of unusual tern (Aves: Laridae: Anoinae) from the Middle Miocene Calvert Formation of Virginia". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . 124 (4): 270–279. doi:10.2988/11-16.1. ISSN   0006-324X . Retrieved 24 February 2025 via BioOne Digital Library.