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Extinct genus of birds

Mancalla
Temporal range: Late Miocene to Early Pliocene
Holotype specimen of M. vegrandis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Clade: Mancallinae
Genus: Mancalla
Type species
M. californiensis
Lucas, 1901
Species
  • Mancalla californiensis Lucas, 1901
  • Mancalla cedrosensis Howard, 1971
  • Mancalla lucasi Smith, 2011
  • Mancalla vegrandis Smith, 2011
Holotype of M. lucasi

Mancalla is an extinct genus of prehistoric flightless alcids that lived on the Pacific coast of today's California and Mexico during the Late Miocene to Early Pliocene.

References

  1. Smith, N.A. (2011). "Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the flightless Mancallinae (Aves, Pan-Alcidae)". ZooKeys (91): 1–116. Bibcode:2011ZooK...91....1S. doi:10.3897/zookeys.91.709. PMC 3084493. PMID 21594108.
Genera of shorebirds and their extinct allies
Charadriiformes
incertae sedis
Laornithidae?
Graculavidae?
Charadrii
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Scolopaci
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Lari
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Charadrii
incertae sedis
Burhinidae
Pluvianellidae
Chionidae
Pluvianidae
Pluvianidae
Vanellinae
Charadriinae
Recurvirostridae
Ibidorhynchidae
Haematopodidae
Haematopus ostralegus
Scolopaci
incertae sedis
Jacanidae
Pedionomidae
Rostratulidae
Scolopacidae
Thinocoridae
Rostratula benghalensis
Lari
Alcidae
Alcinae
Alcini
Synthliboramphini
Cepphini
Brachyramphini
Fraterculinae
Aethiini
Fraterculini
Mancallinae
Dromadidae
Glareolidae
Glareolinae
Glareolinae
Laridae
Stercorariidae
Turnicidae
Larus argentatus
Taxon identifiers
Miomancalla


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