Liptornis

Liptornis
Temporal range: Mid Miocene (Friasian-Laventan)
~15.97–11.6 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Suliformes
Family: Anhingidae
Genus: Liptornis
Ameghino 1894[1]
Species
  • L. hesternus Ameghino 1894

Liptornis is an extinct genus of fossil birds of uncertain affinities. The type species is L. hesternus.[2] It was described by Argentine palaeontologist Florentino Ameghino in 1894 from a large cervical vertebra from the Middle Miocene Santa Cruz Formation of Patagonia. At the time, it was referred to the Pelecanidae, though this is questionable. In his 1933 palaeornithological review, Lambrecht referred it only to the superfamily Sulides without placing it in a family.[3] A later study has suggested family Anhingidae.[4]

References

  1. ^ Ameghino, F. (1894). "Sur les oiseaux fossiles de Patagonie; et la faune mammalogique des couches à Pyrotherium". Boletin del Instituto Geográfico Argentino. 15: 501–660.
  2. ^ Liptornis hesternus at Fossilworks.org
  3. ^ Olson, Storrs L. (1985). "The fossil record of birds". In Donald S. Farner; James R. King; Kenneth C. Parkes (eds.). Avian Biology, vol. VIII. Academic Press. p. 201. ISBN 0-12-249408-3.
  4. ^ "†Liptornis (darter)". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.


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