Aepyornis
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Taxonavigation
[edit]secundum Angst & Buffetaut, 2017
[edit]Familia: †Aepyornithidae
Genus: †Aepyornis
Species: †A. gracilis – †A. hildebrandti – †A. maximus – †A. medius
secundum Hansford & Turvey, 2018
[edit]Ordo: Struthioniformes
Familia: †Aepyornithidae
Genus: †Aepyornis
Species: †A. hildebrandti – †A. maximus
Name
[edit]Aepyornis Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. 1851: 104
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. 1851. Note sur des ossements et des oeufs trouvés a Madagascar, dans des alluvions modernes, et provenant d’un oiseau gigantesque. C. r. hebd. séances Acad. sci. 32(4): 101–107. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Angst, D. & Buffetaut, E. 2017. Palaeobiology of Giant Flightless Birds. Elsevier: Amsterdam. ISBN 978-1-78548-136-9. DOI: 10.1016/C2015-0-06179-2 Reference page.
- Hansford, J.P. & Turvey, S.T. 2018. Unexpected diversity within the extinct elephant birds (Aves: Aepyornithidae) and a new identity for the world’s largest bird. Royal Society Open Science 5: 181295. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.181295 Reference page.
Vernacular names
[edit]čeština: Aepyornis
Deutsch: Elefantvögel
English: Elephant Bird
español: Ave elefante
français: Oiseau-éléphant
中文: 象鳥
Deutsch: Elefantvögel
English: Elephant Bird
español: Ave elefante
français: Oiseau-éléphant
中文: 象鳥