Minggangia

Minggangia; Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Family:	Threskiornithidae or Rallidae
Genus:	†Minggangia ; Hou, 1982
Species
	Minggangia changgouensis; Hou, 1982

Minggangia is an extinct genus of bird which fossils are discovered in Lizhuang Formation of Henan Province, China. This formation was dated back at the late Eocene period.[1]

Classification

As in traditionally thought, this genus was an ibis,[1] but it might be a species of the family Rallidae by some recent authorities.

References

Hou, Lian-hai (1982). "New form of the Threskiornithidae from the Upper Eocene of the Minggang, Henan" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 20 (3): 196–202. [in Chinese with English abstract].

AN IBIS-LIKE BIRD (AVES: CF . THRESKIORNITHIDAE) FROM THE LATE MIDDLE EOCENE OF MYANMAR

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[Hou-1] Hou, Lian-hai (1982). "New form of the Threskiornithidae from the Upper Eocene of the Minggang, Henan" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 20 (3): 196–202. [in Chinese with English abstract].