Geronticus thackerayi

Geronticus thackerayi; Temporal range: Piacenzian–Gelasian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Pelecaniformes
Family:	Threskiornithidae
Genus:	Geronticus
Species:	†G. thackerayi
Binomial name
	†Geronticus thackerayi; Pavia, 2019

Last updated July 01, 2025

Geronticus thackerayi is an extinct species of Geronticus that lived in Africa during the Pliocene-Pleistocene transition.

Distribution

Geronticus thackerayi is known from fossils discovered in the Kromdraai fossil site of Gauteng, South Africa.^[1]

References

↑ Pavia, Marco (4 May 2019). "Geronticus thackerayi , sp. nov. (Aves, Threskiornithidae), a new ibis from the hominin-bearing locality of Kromdraai (Cradle of Humankind, Gauteng, South Africa)" . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 39 (3): e1647433. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1647433. ISSN 0272-4634 . Retrieved 15 June 2025– via Taylor and Francis Online.

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[1] Pavia, Marco (4 May 2019). "Geronticus thackerayi , sp. nov. (Aves, Threskiornithidae), a new ibis from the hominin-bearing locality of Kromdraai (Cradle of Humankind, Gauteng, South Africa)" . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 39 (3): e1647433. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1647433. ISSN 0272-4634 . Retrieved 15 June 2025– via Taylor and Francis Online.

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