Miomancalla

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Miomancalla

Miomancalla is an extinct genus of prehistoric flightless alcids that lived on the Pacific coast of today's California in the Miocene epoch. It contained two species, M. howardi and M. wetmorei.[1]

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Miomancalla
Temporal range: Miocene
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Holotype of M. howardi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Clade: Mancallinae
Genus: Miomancalla
Type species
Miomancalla wetmorei
Howard, 1976
Species
  • M. howardi
  • M. wetmorei
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Skull of M. howardi compared with the skull of the great auk

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