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Miomancalla
Temporal range: Miocene

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HolotypeofM. howardi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Clade: Mancallinae
Genus: Miomancalla
Type species
Miomancalla wetmorei

Howard, 1976

Species
  • M. howardi
  • M. wetmorei
Skull of M. howardi compared with the skull of the great auk

Miomancalla is an extinct genus of prehistoric flightless alcids that lived on the Pacific coast of today's California in the Miocene epoch. It contained two species, M. howardi and M. wetmorei.[1]

References[edit]

  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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