Sinoergilornis

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Sinoergilornis
Temporal range: Late Miocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Palaeognathae
Order: Struthioniformes
Family: Eogruidae
Genus: Sinoergilornis
Species:
S. guangheensis
Binomial name
Sinoergilornis guangheensis
Musser et. al., 2020

Sinoergilornis is an extinct genus of eogruid that lived during the Miocene epoch.

Distribution

Fossils of S. guangheensis are known from the Liushu Formation. [1]

References

  1. Musser, Grace; Li, Zhiheng; Clarke, Julia Allison (2 January 2020). "A new species of Eogruidae (Aves: Gruiformes) from the Miocene of the Linxia Basin, Gansu, China: Evolutionary and climatic implications". The Auk . 137 (1). doi:10.1093/auk/ukz067. ISSN   0004-8038 . Retrieved 24 February 2025 via Oxford Academic.