Mioglareola
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Glareolidae |
| Genus: | †Mioglareola Mayr & Smith, 2001 |
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| †Mioglareola gregaria Ballmann, 1979
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Mioglareola is an extinct genus of glareolid shorebird (order Charadriiformes) that lived during the Early and Middle Miocene of Europe. The genus contains two species: Mioglareola gregaria, known from the Czech Republic and Germany, and Mioglareola dolnicensis, previously placed in the genus Larus, known from the Czech Republic.[1][2]
References
- ^ Ballmann, Peter (1979). "Fossile Glareolidae aus dem Miozän des Nördlinger Ries (Southern Germany) (Aves: Charadriifores)". Bonner Zoologische Beiträge. 30: 52–101. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ Mlíkovský, Jiří (2000). "Early Miocene pratincoles (Aves: Glareolidae) from Dolnice, Czech Republic". Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae. 64: 93–96.