Name - Gargantuavis Buffetaut & Le Loeuff 1998
Name Details
Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1308855 [metadata]
Variants and Synonyms
Reported Taxonomic Ranks
Genus
Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies
Animalia (Kingdom) Chordata (Phylum) Vertebrata (Subphylum) Aves (Class) |
References
Original Description Reference
- A new giant ground bird from the Upper Cretaceous of southern France. Journal of the Geological Society (London), 155(1), January 1998: 1-4. [Zoological Record Volume 134]
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Recent Publications
- A new giant ground bird from the Upper Cretaceous of southern France.
- A well-preserved pelvis from the Maastrichtian of Romania suggests that the enigmatic Gargantuavis is neither an ornithurine bird nor an insular endemic.
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External Links
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