Rissa estesi
| Rissa estesi Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Laridae |
| Genus: | Rissa |
| Species: | †R. estesi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Rissa estesi Chandler, 1990
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Rissa estesi is an extinct species of bird in the genus Rissa that lived during the Piacenzian stage of the Neogene period.
Distribution
Rissa estesi fossils are known from the San Diego Formation of San Diego County, California.[1]
References
- ^ Robert M. Chandler (1990). "Fossil Birds of the San Diego Formation, Late Pliocene, Blancan, San Diego County, California" (PDF). Ornithological Monographs. 44 (2): 73–161. doi:10.2307/40166674. JSTOR 40166674.