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(Redirected from Miomancalla howardae) Extinct genus of birds

Miomancalla
Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Holotype of M. howardi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Clade: Mancallinae
Genus: Miomancalla
Type species
Miomancalla wetmorei
Howard, 1976
Species
  • M. howardi
  • M. wetmorei
Skull of M. howardi compared with the skull of the great auk

Miomancalla is an extinct genus of prehistoric flightless alcids that lived on the Pacific coast of today's California in the Miocene epoch. It contained two species, M. howardi and M. wetmorei.

References

  1. Smith, N.A. (2011). "Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the flightless Mancallinae (Aves, Pan-Alcidae)". ZooKeys (91): 1–116. Bibcode:2011ZooK...91....1S. doi:10.3897/zookeys.91.709. PMC 3084493. PMID 21594108.
Genera of shorebirds and their extinct allies
Charadriiformes
incertae sedis
Laornithidae?
Graculavidae?
Charadrii
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Scolopaci
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Lari
    • See below ↓
Charadrii
incertae sedis
Burhinidae
Pluvianellidae
Chionidae
Pluvianidae
Pluvianidae
Vanellinae
Charadriinae
Recurvirostridae
Ibidorhynchidae
Haematopodidae
Haematopus ostralegus
Scolopaci
incertae sedis
Jacanidae
Pedionomidae
Rostratulidae
Scolopacidae
Thinocoridae
Rostratula benghalensis
Lari
Alcidae
Alcinae
Alcini
Synthliboramphini
Cepphini
Brachyramphini
Fraterculinae
Aethiini
Fraterculini
Mancallinae
Dromadidae
Glareolidae
Glareolinae
Glareolinae
Laridae
Stercorariidae
Turnicidae
Larus argentatus
Taxon identifiers
Miomancalla
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