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Grus minor Miller, 1910

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution

California, USA

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Miller, Loye H. (1910). Wading birds from the Quaternary asphalt beds of Rancho La Brea. University of California Publications in Geology 5(21): 439-448.

 

Other references:

Campbell, Kenneth E, Jnr. (1995). A review of the cranes (Aves: Gruidae) of Rancho La Brea, with the description of a new species. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science 452: 1-13.

Tyrberg, Tommy. (2008). The Late Pleistocene Continental Avian extinction – an evaluation of the fossil evidence. Oryctos 7: 249-269.

 

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