Podiceps parvus
| Podiceps parvus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Podicipediformes |
| Family: | Podicipedidae |
| Genus: | Podiceps |
| Species: | †P. parvus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Podiceps parvus Schufeldt, 1913
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| Synonyms | |
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Colymbus parvus | |
Podiceps parvus was a grebe in the genus Podiceps native to the North America. It went extinct in late Pleistocene.
First described by Robert W. Shufeldt in 1913.
Distribution and age range
[edit]Podiceps parvus fossils were found in Mexico and western USA (Oregon, California). Earliest recovered parts are dated back 3.6 million years ago. Latest ones - about 11,700 years ago.[1]
Ecology and characteristics
[edit]Unknown. It was a carnivore, its diet likely contained invertebrates and small vertebrates.[2]
Material collected from Fossil Lake in 2010 was studied. The ulna had a maximum length of 91.15 mm and carpometacarpus 40.65 mm.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- ^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- ^ Guthrie, Daniel A. (2010-04-01). "Avian material from Rancho del Oro, a Pleistocene locality in San Diego County, California". Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 109 (1): 1–7. doi:10.3160/0038-3872-109.1.1. ISSN 0038-3872.
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