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Mancalla

Mancalla
Temporal range: Late Miocene to Early Pliocene
Holotype specimen of M. vegrandis
Scientific 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

  1. ^ Smith, N.A. (2011). "Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the flightless Mancallinae (Aves, Pan-Alcidae)". ZooKeys (91): 1–116. Bibcode:2011ZooK...91....1S. doi:10.3897/zookeys.91.709. PMC 3084493. PMID 21594108.


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