Presbyornis

Presbyornis
Temporal range:
An assemblage of Presbyornis pervetus skeletons (AMNH 28505)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Family: †Presbyornithidae
Genus: †Presbyornis
Wetmore, 1926
Species
  • †P. pervetus Wetmore, 1926 (type)
  • †P. recurvirostra (Hardy, 1959)
  • †P. isoni Olson, 1994
  • †"P." mongoliensis Kurochkin & Dyke, 2010
Synonyms
  • Nautilornis Wetmore, 1926
  • Coltonia Hardy, 1959

Presbyornis is an extinct genus of presbyornithid bird from North America during the Paleogene period, between the Late Paleocene and Early Eocene.

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