Aldiomedes - Wikipedia
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| Aldiomedes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Diomedeidae |
| Genus: | Aldiomedes |
| Species: | A. angustirostris |
| Binomial name | |
| Aldiomedes angustirostris Mayr & Tennyson, 2019 |
Aldiomedes is an extinct genus of albatross that lived in New Zealand during the Piacenzian stage. It is a monotypic genus containing the species A. angustirostris.[1]
- ^ Mayr, Gerald; Tennyson, Alan J. D. (July 2020). "A small, narrow‐beaked albatross from the Pliocene of New Zealand demonstrates a higher past diversity in the feeding ecology of the Diomedeidae". Ibis. 162 (3): 723–734. doi:10.1111/ibi.12757. ISSN 0019-1019. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via Wiley Online Library.