Sterna milne-edwardsii

Sterna milne-edwardsii
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Sterna
Species:
†S. milne-edwardsii
Binomial name
†Sterna milne-edwardsii
Riabinin 1931

Sterna milne-edwardsii is an extinct tern from the Miocene.[1] It was named after Alphonse Milne-Edwards a French ornithologist specialising in fossil birds.

References

  1. ^ "Fossil record of the Charadriiformes". Palaeobiology and Biodiversity Research Group, University of Bristol. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2013.


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