Geronticus thackerayi

Geronticus thackerayi
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Threskiornithidae
Genus: Geronticus
Species:
†G. thackerayi
Binomial name
†Geronticus thackerayi
Pavia, 2019

Geronticus thackerayi is an extinct species of Geronticus that lived in Africa during the Pliocene-Pleistocene transition.

Distribution

Geronticus thackerayi is known from fossils discovered in the Kromdraai fossil site of Gauteng, South Africa.[1]

References

  1. ^ Pavia, Marco (4 May 2019). "Geronticus thackerayi , sp. nov. (Aves, Threskiornithidae), a new ibis from the hominin-bearing locality of Kromdraai (Cradle of Humankind, Gauteng, South Africa)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39 (3): e1647433. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1647433. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 15 June 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.


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