Pellornis

Pellornis
Temporal range: 55.8–48.6 Ma Early Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: †Messelornithidae
Genus: †Pellornis
Bertelli et al., 2011
Type species
†Pellornis mikkelseni
(Bertelli et al. 2011)

Pellornis is an extinct genus of gruiform bird from the Early Eocene of Denmark.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "†Pellornis Bertelli et al. 2011 (bird)". Fossilworks.
  2. ↑ Bertelli, S. Chiappe, L.M. & Mayr, G. (2011) A new Messel rail from the Early Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark (Aves, Messelornithidae). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 9(4):551-562.
  3. ↑ Musser, G. et al. (2019) New Material of Paleocene-Eocene Pellornis (Aves: Gruiformes) Clarifies the Pattern and Timing of the Extant Gruiform Radiation. Diversity, 11(7), 102; https://doi.org/10.3390/d11070102