Copepteryx titan
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Familia: †Plotopteridae
Genus: †Copepteryx
Species: †Copepteryx titan
Name[edit]
Copepteryx titan Olson & Hasegawa, 1996: 749
Type locality: Ainoshima Formation, Ashiya Group; "North end of Ainoshima Island, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan".
Holotype: KMNH VP 200,004
Etymology: (Greek) Titan, "symbolic of large size" [Olson & Hasegawa, 1996: 749]
References[edit]
Primary references[edit]
- Olson, S.J. & Hasegawa, Y. 1996. A new genus and two new species of gigantic Plotopteridae from Japan (Aves: Pelecaniformes). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(4): 742–751. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1996.10011362 Reference page.
Links[edit]
- Copepteryx titan – Taxon details on Fossilworks.