Palaeogeranos

Palaeogeranos; Temporal range: Early Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Genus:	† Palaeogeranos
Species:	†P. tourmenti
Binomial name
	†Palaeogeranos tourmenti; Louchart & Duhamel, 2021

Last updated March 01, 2025

Palaeogeranos is an extinct genus of bird that lived during the Rupelian stage of the Oligocene epoch.

Distribution

Palaeogeranos tourmenti is known from the Calcaires de Campagne-Calavon of France.^[1]

References

↑ Louchart, Antoine; Duhamel, Anaïs (1 May 2021). "A new fossil from the early Oligocene of Provence (France) increases the diversity of early Gruoidea and adds constraint on the origin of cranes (Gruidae) and limpkin (Aramidae)". Journal of Ornithology . 162 (4): 977–986. doi:10.1007/s10336-021-01891-z. ISSN 2193-7192 . Retrieved 26 February 2025– via Springer Nature Link.

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[1] Louchart, Antoine; Duhamel, Anaïs (1 May 2021). "A new fossil from the early Oligocene of Provence (France) increases the diversity of early Gruoidea and adds constraint on the origin of cranes (Gruidae) and limpkin (Aramidae)". Journal of Ornithology . 162 (4): 977–986. doi:10.1007/s10336-021-01891-z. ISSN 2193-7192 . Retrieved 26 February 2025– via Springer Nature Link.

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