Palaeogeranos
| Palaeogeranos Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Genus: | †Palaeogeranos |
| Species: | †P. tourmenti
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| Binomial name | |
| †Palaeogeranos tourmenti Louchart & Duhamel, 2021
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Palaeogeranos is an extinct genus of bird that lived during the Rupelian stage of the Oligocene epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Palaeogeranos tourmenti is known from the Calcaires de Campagne-Calavon of France.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Louchart, Antoine; Duhamel, Anaïs (1 May 2021). "A new fossil from the early Oligocene of Provence (France) increases the diversity of early Gruoidea and adds constraint on the origin of cranes (Gruidae) and limpkin (Aramidae)". Journal of Ornithology. 162 (4): 977–986. doi:10.1007/s10336-021-01891-z. ISSN 2193-7192. Retrieved 26 February 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.
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