Scopus xenopus

Extinct bird

Scopus xenopus

Temporal range: Pliocene

PreꞒ

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Pelecaniformes
Family:  | Scopidae
Genus:  | Scopus
Species:  |

†S. xenopus

Binomial name
†Scopus xenopus

Olson, 1984

Scopus xenopus is an extinct species of hamerkop that lived during the Pliocene of South Africa. It was first described by Storrs L. Olson in 1984. Compared to S. umbretta, the modern hamerkop, S. xenopus was larger and had a foot structure more adapted to swimming.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Olson, Storrs L. (January 1984). "A hamerkop from the early Pliocene of South Africa (Aves: Scopidae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 97 (4) - via ResearchGate.

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