Sterna milne-edwardsii
Appearance
Sterna milne-edwardsii Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Laridae |
Genus: | Sterna |
Species: | †S. milne-edwardsii
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Binomial name | |
†Sterna milne-edwardsii Riabinin 1931
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Sterna milne-edwardsii is an extinct tern from the Miocene.[1] It was named after Alphonse Milne-Edwards a French ornithologist specialising in fossil birds.
References
[edit]- ^ "Fossil record of the Charadriiformes". Palaeobiology and Biodiversity Research Group, University of Bristol. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2013.