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Feducciavis

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Feducciavis
Temporal range: Middle Miocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Subfamily: Sterninae
Genus: Feducciavis
Species:
F. loftini
Binomial name
Feducciavis loftini
Olson, 2011

Feducciavis is an extinct genus of sternine that lived during the Middle Miocene.

Distribution

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Feducciavis loftini fossils are known from the Calvert Formation of Maryland.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Olson, Storrs L. (1 December 2011). "A new genus and species of unusual tern (Aves: Laridae: Anoinae) from the Middle Miocene Calvert Formation of Virginia". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 124 (4): 270–279. doi:10.2988/11-16.1. ISSN 0006-324X. Retrieved 24 February 2025 – via BioOne Digital Library.