Ergilornithidae

Ergilornithidae
Temporal range:
Detailed depiction of Ergilornis in its habitat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Palaeognathae
Order: Struthioniformes
Family: †Ergilornithidae
Kozlova, 1960
Genera

Ergilornithidae is an extinct family of large, flightless birds related to modern ostriches. It was formerly regarded as Ergilornithinae, a subfamily of Eogruidae,[1][2][3] but more recently as a family.[4]

Taxonomy

  • †Ergilornithidae
    • †Ergilornis
      • †Ergilornis rapidus
      • †Ergilornis minor (Synonym/s - "Proergilornis")
    • †Amphipelargus
      • †Amphipelargus majori
      • †Amphipelargus cracrafti
      • †An unnamed species possibly within this genus.[1]
    • †Urmiornis
      • †Urmiornis brodkorbi
      • †Urmiornis dzabghanensis
      • †Urmiornis maraghanus
      • †Urmiornis orientalis
      • †Urmiornis ukrainus

References

  1. 1 2 Zelenkov, Nikita; Boev, Zlatozar; Lazaridis, Georgios (2016). "A large ergilornithine (Aves, Gruiformes) from the Late Miocene of the Balkan Peninsula". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 90 (1): 145–151. Bibcode:2016PalZ...90..145Z. doi:10.1007/s12542-015-0279-z. S2CID 131264199.
  2. ↑ Kurochkin, E.N. 1976. A survey of the Paleogene birds of Asia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 27:75-86.
  3. ↑ Kurochkin, E.N. 1981. New representatives and evolution of two archaic gruiform families in Eurasia. Transactions of the Soviet-Mongolian Paleontologial Expedition 15:59-85.
  4. ↑ Mayr, Gerald; Zelenkov, Nikita (2021-11-13). "Extinct crane-like birds (Eogruidae and Ergilornithidae) from the Cenozoic of Central Asia are indeed ostrich precursors". Ornithology. 138 (4) ukab048. doi:10.1093/ornithology/ukab048. ISSN 0004-8038.
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