Ciconia lydekkeri
Temporal range: Middle to Late Pleistocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Ciconiidae
Genus: Ciconia
Species:
†C. lydekkeri
Binomial name
†Ciconia lydekkeri
(Ameghino, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Prociconia lydekkeri Ameghino, 1891
  • Jabiru lydekkeri (Ameghino, 1891)
  • ?Ciconia maltha Miller, 1910

Ciconia lydekkeri is an extinct species of stork from the Middle and Late Pleistocene of Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina.[1]

Florentino Ameghino named the species after British paleontologist Richard Lydekker, whom first described bones discovered in caves near Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Ciconia maltha has been considered to be a synonym of this species and, if accepted, would increase its range to include United States and Cuba.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Agnolin, F. (2009) El registro fósil de Ciconia lydekkeri Ameghino, 1891 en el Pleistoceno de Sudamérica. Studia Geologica Salmaticensia 45 (1): 53-58.
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