Mancalla

Extinct genus of birds

Mancalla Temporal range: Late Miocene to Early Pliocene

Holotype specimen of M. vegrandis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Clade:	†Mancallinae
Genus:	†Mancalla
Type species
M. californiensis Lucas, 1901
Species
Mancalla californiensis Lucas, 1901 Mancalla cedrosensis Howard, 1971 Mancalla lucasi Smith, 2011 Mancalla vegrandis Smith, 2011

Holotype of M. lucasi

Mancalla is an extinct genus of prehistoric flightless alcids that lived on the Pacific coast of today's California and Mexico during the Late Miocene to Early Pliocene.^[1]

References

Genera of shorebirds and their extinct allies

incertae sedis	†Charadriisimilis †Eupterornis ? †Fluviatitavis ? †Jiliniornis †"Morsoravis " †Nahmavis †Palintropus ? †Sarjeantopodus †Scandiavis †Volgavis ?
†Laornithidae?	Laornis
†Graculavidae?	Dakotornis Graculavus Palaeotringa Telmatornis ?
Charadrii	See below ↓
Scolopaci	See below ↓
Lari	See below ↓

incertae sedis

Vanellinae	†Dolicopterus ? Erythrogonys Hoploxypterus Vanellus †Viator
Charadriinae	Anarhynchus Charadrius †Dorypaltus Elseyornis †Jilniornis Oreopholus Peltohyas Phegornis Pluvialis Thinornis

incertae sedis	†Hakawai †Scolopacimilis
Jacanidae	Actophilornis Hydrophasianus Irediparra Jacana †Janipes Metopidius Microparra †Nupharanassa
Pedionomidae	†Oligonomus Pedionomus
Rostratulidae	Nycticryphes Rostratula
Scolopacidae	Actitis Arenaria Bartramia Calidris Coenocorypha †Elorius Gallinago Limnocryptes Limnodromus Limosa †Mirolia Numenius †Nuntius †Paractitis †Parvelorius Phalaropus Prosobonia Scolopax Tringa †Villetus Xenus
Thinocoridae	Attagis Thinocorus

Aethiini	Aethia Ptychoramphus
Fraterculini	Cerorhinca Fratercula

†Becassius †Boutersemia †Mioglareola †Paractiornis †"Precursor "?
Glareolinae	Glareola Stiltia
Glareolinae	Cursorius Rhinoptilus