Balaenicipitidae

Balaeniceps rex

Animalia — Chordata

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

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

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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