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Aepyornis
Taxonomy
Aepyornis was named by Geoffroy (1850). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Aepyornithidae by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1960), Carroll (1988), Burney et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Aepyornithidae by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1960), Carroll (1988), Burney et al. (2008).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1850 | Aepyornis Geoffroy |
| 1933 | Aepyornis Lambrecht p. 198 |
| 1960 | Aepyornis Wetmore p. 24 |
| 1988 | Aepyornis Carroll |
| 2008 | Aepyornis Burney et al. p. 18 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Aepyornis Geoffroy 1850
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†Aepyornis hildebrandti Burckhardt 1893
†Aepyornis maximus Geoffroy Saint Hilaire 1850
†Aepyornis medius Milne-Edwards and Grandidier 1869
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Marsh 1875, Witmer and Rose 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Madagascar | A. hildebrandti (204645 204646) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Madagascar | A. sp. (95824 95827 195018) | |
| Holocene | Madagascar | A. sp. (181845 195019) | |
| Holocene | Madagascar (Toliara) | A. sp. (92732) |