Xenerodiops

Xenerodiops
Temporal range: Oligocene, 33 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: †Xenerodiopidae
Rasmussen et al., 1987[1]
Genus: †Xenerodiops
Rasmussen et al., 1987[1]
Species:
†X. mycter
Binomial name
†Xenerodiops mycter
Rasmussen et al., 1987[1]

Xenerodiops is a genus of extinct birds, containing one species, Xenerodiops mycter. Its fossil remains were found in Egypt by Elwyn L. Simons and first formally described in 1987. It lived in the Oligocene (about 33 million years ago).[1][2] It has been placed in its own family, Xenerodiopidae;[2] the alternative view is that this family is synonymous with Ardeidae, the herons.[3]

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