Lithornis nasi

Lithornis
Temporal range: Ypresian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Subclass: Carinatae
Infraclass: Neornithes
Superorder: Paleognathae
Order: Lithornithiformes
Family: Lithornithidae
Genus: Lithornis
Species: L. nasi
Harrison, 1984[1]
Binomial name
Lithornis nasi
Harrison, 1984[1]
Synonyms

Pediorallus nasi
Harrison, 1984[1]

Lithornis nasi is a member of the Lithornithidae family.

Description

Lithornis nasi is larger than Lithornis hookeri and Lithornis plebius.[1]

Taxonomy

W. George collected the original fossil in the Division A London Clay, North Sea Basin at Walton on the Naze, Essex, England. It was originally classified as Pediorallus nasi but was quickly changed to Lithornis nasi.[1]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Houde, Peter (1988)

References

Houde, Peter (1988). "Paleognathous Birds from the Early Tertiary of the Northern Hemisphere" (pdf). Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club. Cambridge Massachusetts, USA: Nuttall Ornithological Club. 22: 31–32. 

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