Nyctisoma
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Extinct genus of birds
| Nyctisoma | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Pelecaniformes |
| Family: | Ardeidae |
| Genus: | †Nyctisoma |
| Species: | †N. robusta
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| Binomial name | |
| †Nyctisoma robusta Elżanowski & Zelenkov, 2015
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Nyctisoma is an extinct genus of ardeid that lived during the Middle Miocene.
Distribution
[edit ]Nyctisoma robusta fossils are known from the Öoshin Formation of Mongolia.[1]
References
[edit ]- ^ Elżanowski, Andrzej; Zelenkov, Nikita V. (11 February 2015). "A primitive heron (Aves: Ardeidae) from the Miocene of Central Asia". Journal of Ornithology . 156 (3): 837–846. doi:10.1007/s10336-015-1164-y . ISSN 2193-7192 . Retrieved 24 February 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.
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