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was a semi-aquatic bird with longish legs and a body at least the size of a large goose. It may have been a wading bird, in which case it stood probably around one meter (3–4 ft) tall in life, depending on how long its legs and neck were exactly, which of course cannot be told from the one known
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gruiform, or more probably part of an ancestral lineage related to the common ancestor of gruiform, charadriiform, and/or any or all other modern "wading" bird families. It might have been one of the extinct stilt-legged
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Recherches Anatomiques et Paleontologiques pour servir a l'Histoire des Oiseaux Fossiles de la France
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The bone is rather distinct but not very diagnostic. Its general shape suggests that
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leg bone discovered in the late 19th century. Consequently, the genus is
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bone. On the other hand, it might have been a larger
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Series 2. 433: 423: 413: 409: 370: 342:Laornithidae 341: 331: 321: 319: 292: 287: 276:edvardsianus 275: 271: 267: 260: 251: 250: 222: 221: 220: 210: 202: 201: 181: 176: 160: 159: 139: 138: 122:Laornithidae 121: 54: 18: 2353:Onychoprion 2335:Limicolavis 2325:Leucophaeus 2294:Ichthyaetus 2287:Hydroprogne 2249:Feducciavis 2194:Rhinoptilus 2178:Glareolinae 2151:Glareolinae 2118:Mioglareola 2108:Boutersemia 2082:Glareolidae 2040:Miomancalla 2017:Mancallinae 1656:Parvelorius 1602:Limnodromus 1167:Anarhynchus 1094:Pluvianidae 1074:Pluvianidae 1003:Genucrassum 918:See below ↓ 898:See below ↓ 878:See below ↓ 857:Telmatornis 756:Palintropus 724:Jiliniornis 702:Eupterornis 240:tibiotarsus 188:Marsh, 1870 40: / 2631:Categories 2479:Cerestenia 2467:Turnicidae 2429:Thalasseus 2415:Sternalara 2311:Larosterna 2225:Chlidonias 2062:Dromadidae 1999:Fratercula 1992:Cerorhinca 1809:Miocepphus 1789:Divisulcus 1728:Thinocorus 1670:Prosobonia 1663:Phalaropus 1646:Paractitis 1523:Rostratula 1496:Pedionomus 1489:Oligonomus 1456:Microparra 1449:Metopidius 1425:Irediparra 1324:Haematopus 1267:Himantopus 1208:Oreopholus 1201:Jilniornis 1191:Elseyornis 1184:Dorypaltus 1174:Charadrius 1103:Vanellinae 1053:Chionoides 977:Burhinidae 843:Graculavus 836:Dakotornis 777:Scandiavis 735:Morsoravis 641:Neognathae 610:shorebirds 608:Genera of 381:References 338:Gruiformes 295:Cretaceous 270:"stone" + 2497:Ortyxelos 2489:Eocliffia 2360:Pagophila 2346:Limosavis 2187:Cursorius 2139:Precursor 2098:Becassius 1865:Pinguinus 1588:Gallinago 1557:Bartramia 1402:Jacanidae 1357:Scolopaci 1236:Thinornis 1229:Pluvialis 1222:Phegornis 1215:Peltohyas 1083:Pluvianus 1034:Chionidae 942:Charadrii 889:Scolopaci 869:Charadrii 621:Kingdom: 573:TopoQuest 464:130238178 351:waterfowl 299:Paleocene 297:or Early 244:monotypic 207:Kurochkin 203:Laopteryx 154:Species: 85:Kingdom: 79:Eukaryota 2574:Q6487938 2568:Wikidata 2507:Turnipax 2422:Sternula 2391:Rynchops 2367:Phaetusa 2304:Laricola 2239:Creagrus 2160:Glareola 2033:Mancalla 1956:Aethiini 1903:Cepphini 1694:Villetus 1677:Scolopax 1626:Numenius 1564:Calidris 1550:Arenaria 1277:Kashinia 1137:Vanellus 986:Burhinus 787:Volgavis 746:Nahmavis 629:Chordata 627:Phylum: 623:Animalia 416:: 1–127. 336:and the 274:"bird". 195:Synonyms 115:Family: 99:Chordata 95:Phylum: 89:Animalia 75:Domain: 2601:3605265 2588:4966636 2259:Gaviota 2209:Laridae 2167:Stiltia 2026:Alcodes 1912:Cepphus 1830:Alcinae 1773:Alcidae 1721:Attagis 1636:Nuntius 1619:Mirolia 1581:Elorius 1543:Actitis 1442:Janipes 1381:Hakawai 1043:Chionis 812:Laornis 651:Order: 647:Neoaves 645:Clade: 633:Class: 552:4083191 508:4075921 444:Bibcode 371:Laornis 367:Neogene 363:evolved 353:of the 327:seabird 322:Laornis 278:honors 261:Laornis 248:species 223:Laornis 179:† 158:† 140:Laornis 132:Genus: 105:Class: 55:Laornis 28:74°43′W 25:39°59′N 2614:118795 2514:Turnix 2405:Sterna 2071:Dromas 1965:Aethia 1839:Alcini 1684:Tringa 1609:Limosa 1432:Jacana 1147:Viator 1063:Neilus 993:Esacus 550:  506:  462:  375:petrel 309:Pits, 211:lapsus 148:, 1870 2398:Rissa 2318:Larus 2273:Gygis 2218:Anous 1701:Xenus 571:from 548:JSTOR 526:(PDF) 504:JSTOR 482:(PDF) 460:S2CID 406:(PDF) 346:basal 272:ornis 232:birds 228:genus 226:is a 146:Marsh 2583:GBIF 2436:Xema 1872:Uria 1855:Alle 1848:Alca 1761:Lari 909:Lari 635:Aves 307:Marl 109:Aves 540:doi 531:Auk 496:doi 487:Auk 452:doi 414:151 317:). 268:lao 236:YPM 2633:: 2611:: 2598:: 2585:: 2570:: 2142:"? 546:. 536:84 534:. 528:. 502:. 492:47 490:. 484:. 458:. 450:. 440:49 432:. 412:. 408:. 389:^ 377:. 259:, 2503:† 2492:? 2485:† 2475:† 2411:† 2373:† 2342:† 2338:? 2331:† 2300:† 2255:† 2245:† 2136:" 2134:† 2124:† 2114:† 2104:† 2094:† 2014:† 1861:† 1815:† 1805:† 1795:† 1785:† 1690:† 1652:† 1642:† 1632:† 1615:† 1577:† 1485:† 1462:† 1438:† 1387:† 1377:† 1273:† 1197:† 1180:† 1143:† 1118:? 1111:† 1059:† 1049:† 999:† 962:† 860:? 828:? 823:† 804:? 799:† 790:? 783:† 773:† 763:† 759:? 752:† 742:† 738:" 732:" 730:† 720:† 716:? 709:† 705:? 698:† 688:† 601:e 594:t 587:v 554:. 542:: 510:. 498:: 466:. 454:: 446:: 213:) 136:† 119:†

Index

39°59′N 74°43′W / 39.983°N 74.717°W / 39.983; -74.717
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Laornithidae
Laornis
Marsh
Binomial name
Synonyms
genus
birds
YPM
tibiotarsus
monotypic
species
scientific name
Ancient Greek
Alphonse Milne-Edwards
paleontologist
Cretaceous
Paleocene
Hornerstown Formation
Marl
Pemberton Township, New Jersey
million years ago
seabird
Charadriiformes

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