Balaenicipitidae

Balaenicipitidae sunt familia avium ordinis Pelecaniformium, quae olim in Ciconiiformes digerebatur. Avis artissime cognata est Scopus umbretta Scopidarum, familiae monotypicae.

Balaeniceps rex

Animalia — Chordata

Classis : Aves
Ordo : Pelecaniformes
Familia : Balaenicipitidae
Bonaparte, 1853

Familiae Balaenicipitidarum sunt duo aut tria genera nota, quae infra perscribuntur.

Balaeniceps^[1]
†Goliathia (fortasse ad genus Balaenicipitidem pertinet)^[1]
†Paludiavis^[1]

Proprietates anatomicae

Balaenicipitidis sunt apex acute curvus in rostro superiori,^[2] sulcus in rostro superiori sub foramine nasalibus,^[2] saeptum ossificatum,^[2] et musculus expansor secundariorum vestigialis vel absens.^[2]

Notae

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20200711060001/http://fossilworks.org/?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=39640
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Mayr, Gerakd (Aprilis 2003). "The phylogenetic affinities of the Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex)". Journal für Ornithologie 2 (2): 157–175 .

[fossilworks-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20200711060001/http://fossilworks.org/?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=39640

[:0-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Mayr, Gerakd (Aprilis 2003). "The phylogenetic affinities of the Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex)". Journal für Ornithologie 2 (2): 157–175 .

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