Aldiomedes
Extinct genus of birds
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Aldiomedes is an extinct genus of albatross that lived in New Zealand during the Piacenzian stage. It is a monotypic genus containing the species A. angustirostris.[1]
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| Fossil skull of A. angustirostris from the collection of the Museum of New Zealand | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Diomedeidae |
| Genus: | †Aldiomedes |
| Species: | †A. angustirostris |
| Binomial name | |
| †Aldiomedes angustirostris Mayr & Tennyson, 2020 | |
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