Fossile Gaviiformes

Gaviidae

Colymboides anglicus Lydekker
Colymboides belgicus Mayr & Smith
Colymboides metzleri Mayr
Colymboides minutus Milne-Edwards

Gavia egeriana Švec

Gaviella pusilla (Shufeldt)

Nasidytes ypresianus Mayr & Kitchener [1]

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Quellen:

[1] Gerald Mayr; Markus Poschmann: A loon leg (Aves, Gaviidae) with crocodilian tooth from the Late Oligocene of Germany. Waterbirds 32(3): 468-471. 2009
[2] Gerald Mayr; Andrew C. Kitchener: Oldest fossil loon documents a pronounced ecomorphological shift in the evolution of gaviiform birds. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2022

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bearbeitet: 07.03.2023