Malagasy lapwing
| Malagasy lapwing Temporal range: Late Holocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Genus: | Vanellus |
| Species: | †V. madagascariensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Vanellus madagascariensis Goodman, 1997[1]
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The Malagasy lapwing (Vanellus madagascariensis) is an
shorebird, in the lapwing
family.
Evidence of existence
It is known only from two
subfossil humeri, found in separate locales in south-western Madagascar
, which were described by Steven M. Goodman.
Estimated time of extinction
Radiocarbon dating has indicated that the species became extinct in the 14th century, during a period of climatic aridification.[2]
References
- ^ Goodman, Steven M (1997). "Description of a new species of subfossil lapwing (Aves: Charadriiformes, Charadriidae, Vanellus) from Madagascar". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 18: 607–614.
- ISBN 9781408158623.
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