Feducciavis
Appearance
Feducciavis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Laridae |
Subfamily: | Sterninae |
Genus: | †Feducciavis |
Species: | †F. loftini
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Binomial name | |
†Feducciavis loftini Olson, 2011
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Feducciavis is an extinct genus of sternine that lived during the Middle Miocene.
Distribution
[edit]Feducciavis loftini fossils are known from the Calvert Formation of Maryland.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.