Palaeoephippiorhynchus

Palaeoephippiorhynchus

Palaeoephippiorhynchus Fossil range: Oligocene-Miocene
Scientific classification
Class:	Aves
Subclass:	Neornithes
Infraclass:	Neognathae
Superorder:	Neoaves
Order:	Ciconiiformes
Family:	Ciconiidae
Genus:	Palaeoephippiorhynchus Lambrecht, 1930
Species:	P. dietrichi Lambrecht, 1930 P. edwardsi (Lydekker, 1891)

Palaeoephippiorhynchus is a extinct genus of large stork from the Late Eocene, Early Oligocene, and possibly Miocene. There are two recorded species, P. dietrichi from early Oligocene of Egypt and P. edwardsi from Miocene of Lybia.

References

• Mlíkovský, J. 2003. Early Miocene birds of Djebel Zelten, Lybia. J. Nat. Mus., Nat. Hist. Ser. 172: (1–4):114–120.
• Rasmussen, T.; Olson, S. L. & Simons, E. L. 1987. Fossil birds from Oligocene Jebel Qatrani Foramtion, Fayum Province, Egypt. Smithsonian Contributions for Paleobiology 62: 1-19.