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Extinct genus of presbyornithid bird

Telmabates
Temporal range: Eocene,
48.6–38.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Anserimorphae
Family: †Presbyornithidae
Genus: †Telmabates
Howard, 1955
Species: †T. antiquus
Binomial name
†Telmabates antiquus
Howard, 1955

Telmabates is an extinct genus of presbyornithid bird from the Eocene Bird Clay Locality of the Sarmiento Formation of Chubut Province, Argentina. The genus contains a single species, T. antiquus.

Telmabates antiquus was named and described by Howard (1955). A second species, T. howardae was named by Cracraft (1970), but De Mendoza, Degrange & Tambussi (2024) moved T. howardae to the new species Wunketru howardae as they found the species to be separate from Telmabates.

References

  1. E. N. Kurochkin, G. J. Dyke, and A. A. Karhu. (2002). A new presbyornithid bird (Aves, Anseriformes) from the Late Cretaceous of southern Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3386:1-11
  2. ^ H. Howard. (1955). A new wading bird from the Eocene of Patagonia. American Museum Novitates 1710:1-25
  3. Cracraft, Joel (1970). "A New Species of Telmabates (Phoenicopteriformes) from the Lower Eocene of Patagonia". The Condor. 72 (4): 479–480. doi:10.2307/1366403. ISSN 0010-5422. JSTOR 1366403.
  4. De Mendoza, Ricardo Santiago; Degrange, Federico Javier; Tambussi, Claudia Patricia (2024). "An assessment of the anseriform affinities of "Telmabates" howardae". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 135. 104786. Bibcode:2024JSAES.13504786D. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2024.104786. S2CID 267159455.
Taxon identifiers
Telmabates
Telmabates antiquus
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