Aves - Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae
Alternative spelling: Leptoptilus
Full reference: R. P. Lesson. 1831. Traité d'ornithologie, ou Tableau méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux. Traité d'ornithologie, ou Tableau méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux 1-659
Parent taxon: Ciconiidae according to C. P. Tambussi et al. 2023
See also Brodkorb 1964, Clements et al. 2017, Lambrecht 1933, Louchart et al. 2008, Meijer and Awe Due 2010, Meijer et al. 2013, Mlikovsky 2002, Noriega and Cladera 2008 and Wetmore 1940
Sister taxa: Anastomus, Ciconia, Ciconiinae, Cygnus bilinicus, Ephippiorhynchus, Grallavis, Leptoptilini, Mycteria, Palaeoephippiorhynchus, Pelargodes, Pelargopsis, Propelargus, Pseudotantalus, Xenorhynchus
Subtaxa: Leptoptilos crumenifer Leptoptilos dubius Leptoptilos falconeri Leptoptilos javanicus Leptoptilos patagonicus Leptoptilos pliocenicus Leptoptilos robustus Leptoptilos siwalicensis Leptoptilos titan Leptoptilus arvernensis
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Indonesia (7 collections)
• Pliocene of Chad (1), Kenya (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1), Kenya (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Egypt (1), Tunisia (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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