Amanuensis is an extinct genus of sagittariid that lived in the Miocene epoch.

Distribution

A. pickfordi is known from fossils found in Namibia dating back to MN 4.[1]

References

  1. ^ Cécile Mourer-Chauviré (2003). "Birds (Aves) from the Middle Miocene of Arrisdrift (Namibia). Preliminary study with description of two new genera: Amanuensis (Accipitriformes, Sagittariidae) and Namibiavis (Gruiformes, Idiornithidae)". In Martin Pickford; Brigitte Senut (eds.). Geology and palaeobiology of the Central and Southern Namib. Vol. 2: Paleontology of the Orange River Valley. Geological Survey of Namibia, Memoir 19. pp. 103–113.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanuensis_(bird)
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