Minggangia
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Family:
Threskiornithidae or Rallidae
Genus:
†Minggangia
Hou, 1982
Species

Minggangia changgouensis
Hou, 1982

Minggangia is an extinct genus of bird which fossils are discovered in Lizhuang Formation of Henan Province, China. This formation was dated back at the late Eocene period.[1]

Classification

As in traditionally thought, this genus was an ibis,[1] but it might be a species of the family Rallidae by some recent authorities.

References

  1. 1 2 Hou, Lian-hai (1982). "New form of the Threskiornithidae from the Upper Eocene of the Minggang, Henan" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 20 (3): 196–202. [in Chinese with English abstract].


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