Cyphornis
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Cyphornis is a genus of the prehistoric pseudotooth birds. These were probably rather close relatives of either pelicans and storks, or of waterfowl, and are here placed in the order Odontopterygiformes to account for this uncertainty.[1]
Quick Facts Cyphornis Temporal range: Early Miocene (see text), Scientific classification ...
Cyphornis Temporal range: Early Miocene (see text) | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | incertae sedis |
Order: | †Odontopterygiformes |
Family: | †Pelagornithidae |
Genus: | †Cyphornis Cope, 1894 |
Species: | †C. magnus |
Binomial name | |
†Cyphornis magnus Cope, 1894 | |
Synonyms | |
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