Geronticus olsoni
Appearance
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Geronticus olsoni Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Pelecaniformes |
Family: | Threskiornithidae |
Genus: | Geronticus |
Species: | †G. olsoni
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Binomial name | |
†Geronticus olsoni Mourer-Chauviré & Geraads, 2010
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Geronticus olsoni is an extinct species of Geronticus that lived during the Piacenzian.
Distribution
[edit]Geronticus olsoni is known from the site of Ahl al Oughlam in Morocco near Casablanca.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile; Geraads, Denis (26 May 2010). "The Upper Pliocene avifauna of Ahl al Oughlam, Morocco. Systematics and biogeography. In Proceedings of the VII International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, ed. W.E. Boles and T.H. Worthy". Records of the Australian Museum. 62 (1): 157–184. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1538. ISSN 0067-1975. Retrieved 24 February 2025 – via Australian Museum.