Presbyornithidae
| Presbyornithidae | |
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| Presbyornis. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Anserimorphae
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| Family: | †Presbyornithidae Wetmore, 1926[1] |
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Presbyornithidae is an
screamers.[3]
They were generally long-legged, long-necked birds, standing around one meter high, with the body of a duck, feet similar to a
filter feeding. At least some species were social birds that lived in large flocks and nested in colonies, while others, like the Wilaru species, were terrestrial and solitary.[3]
Several genera have been classified as presbyornithids:
There are some other, undescribed, presbyornithid or possible presbyornithid remains, such as the partial right scapula BMNH PAL 4989, which was considered part of Headonornis hantoniensis, but cannot be positively refererred to a known taxon, or the Late Cretaceous remains from the Mongolian Barun Goyot Formation at Uday Sayr and the Nemegt Formation of Tsagaan Kushu.
References
- doi:10.5962/p.231090.
- JSTOR 4084959.
- ^ PMID 26998335.
- .