Lithornis
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: †Lithornithidae
Genus: †Lithornis
Species (6): †L. celetius – †L. hookeri – †L. nasi – †L. plebius – †L. promiscuus – †L. vulturinus
Name
[edit]Type species: Lithornis vulturinus Owen, 1840, by monotypy.
Synonyms
[edit]- Pediorallus Harrison & Walker, 1977: 36 [syn. Houde, 1988: 24]
- Promusophaga Harrison & Walker, 1977: 40 [syn. Houde, 1988: 24]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Owen, R. "1842" [1840]. Description of the Fossil Remains of a Mammal, a Bird, and a Serpent from the London Clay. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 3: 162–166. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Owen, R. 1841. Description of the fossil remains of a mammal (Hyracotherium leporinum) and of a bird (Lithornis vulturinus) from the London clay. Transactions of the Geological Society of London 6: 203–208. DOI: 10.1144/transgslb.6.1.203 BHL
- Houde, P.W. 1988. Paleognathous birds from the Early Tertiary of the Northern Hemisphere. Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club 22: 1–148. ResearchGate Reference page.
- Bourdon, E. & Lindow, B. 2015. A redescription of Lithornis vulturinus (Aves, Palaeognathae) from the Early Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark. Zootaxa 4032(5): 493–514. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.5.2. Preview (PDF) Reference page.