Hokkaidornis

Hokkaidornis
Temporal range: Late Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Suliformes
Family: †Plotopteridae
Genus: †Hokkaidornis
Sakurai et al. 2008
Type species
†Hokkaidornis abashiriensis
Sakurai et al. 2008

Hokkaidornis is an extinct genus of penguin-like plotopterid from the Late Oligocene of Hokkaido, Japan.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Sakurai, K., M. Kimura, and T.A. Katoh (2008). "New penguin-like bird (Pelecaniformes; Plotopteridae) from the Late Oligocene Tokoro Formation, northeastern Hokkaido". Oryctos. 7: 83–94.
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