Amanuensis is an extinct genus of secretarybird that lived in the Miocene epoch. It contains the single species A. pickfordi.

Distribution

Amanuensis 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.


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