Taxonavigation
Familia: †Lithornithidae
Genus: †Lithornis
Species: †Lithornis plebius
Name
Lithornis plebius Houde, 1988: 37
Holotype: USNM 336534
Type locality: "Clark Quadrangle, Park County, Wyoming"; U.S.A.
Etymology: "Latin plebs, the common people, inferring a lesser status of this species than the larger and more impressive, sympatric L. promiscuus" [Houde, 1988: 37]
References
Primary references
- Houde, P.W. 1988. Paleognathous birds from the Early Tertiary of the Northern Hemisphere. Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club 22: 1–148. ResearchGate Reference page.
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