Leakeyornis
Extinct genus of flamingo / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leakeyornis is an extinct genus of flamingo from the early to middle Miocene of Kenya, primarily in the area of modern day Lake Victoria. Initially described as a species of Phoenicopterus based on an incomplete skull and various limb bones, it was later found to show a mixture of traits found across modern flamingo genera and subsequently placed in its own genus. It contains a single species, Leakeyornis aethiopicus.
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Leakeyornis | |
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Known skull remains of Leakeyornis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Phoenicopteriformes |
Family: | Phoenicopteridae |
Genus: | Leakeyornis Rich and Walker, 1983 |
Type species | |
Leakeyornis aethiopicus (Harrison and Walker, 1976) | |
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