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Extinct genus of birds

Itardiornis
Temporal range: Late Eocene-Early Oligocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: †Messelornithidae
Genus: †Itardiornis
Mourer-Chauviré, 1995
Species: †I. hessae
Binomial name
†Itardiornis hessae
Mourer-Chauviré, 1995

Itardiornis is an extinct genus of the family Messelornithidae from late Eocene and early Oligocene. Only one species is described, Itardiornis hessae, from Quercy fissure fillings.

References

  1. Mourer-Chaviré C. (1995) The Messelornithidae (Aves: Gruiformes) from the Paleogene of France. - Cour. Forsch.-Inst. Senckenberg, 181: 95-105

Further reading

  • Mayr, G. Paleogene Fossil Birds. Springer, 2009. p. 93
Genera of Gruiformes
Gruiformes
incertae sedis
†Messelornithidae?
†Songziidae
Grui
†Parvigruidae
Aramidae
Psophiidae
Gruidae
incertae sedis
Balearicinae
Gruinae
Ralli
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Ralli
incertae sedis
†Aptornithidae
Sarothruridae
Heliornithidae
Rallidae
Rallinae
Gallinulinae
Pardirallini
Gallinulini
Porphyrioninae
Himantornithini
Laterallini
Porphyrionini
Zaporniini
Taxon identifiers
Itardiornis hessae


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