Ciconia lydekkeri

Ciconia lydekkeri; Temporal range: Middle to Late Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Ciconiiformes
Family:	Ciconiidae
Genus:	Ciconia
Species:	†C. lydekkeri
Binomial name
	†Ciconia lydekkeri; (Ameghino, 1891)
Synonyms
	Prociconia lydekkeri Ameghino, 1891; Jabiru lydekkeri (Ameghino, 1891); ?Ciconia maltha Miller, 1910;

Ciconia lydekkeri is an extinct species of stork from the Middle and Late Pleistocene of Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina.^[1]

Florentino Ameghino named the species after British paleontologist Richard Lydekker, whom first described bones discovered in caves near Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Ciconia maltha has been considered to be a synonym of this species and, if accepted, would increase its range to include United States and Cuba.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Agnolin, F. (2009) El registro fósil de Ciconia lydekkeri Ameghino, 1891 en el Pleistoceno de Sudamérica. Studia Geologica Salmaticensia 45 (1): 53-58.

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[Agnolin2009-1] Agnolin, F. (2009) El registro fósil de Ciconia lydekkeri Ameghino, 1891 en el Pleistoceno de Sudamérica. Studia Geologica Salmaticensia 45 (1): 53-58.

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