Eociconia
Extinct genus of birds
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Eociconia is an extinct genus of primitive stork, and one of the earliest members of Ciconiiformes. The holotype, which is a metatarsus, was found in Yixibaila Formation of Xinjiang, China, dated back to the Eocene period.
| Eociconia Temporal range: Eocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Ciconiiformes |
| Family: | Ciconiidae |
| Genus: | †Eociconia Hou, 1989 |
| Species: | †E. sangequanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Eociconia sangequanensis Hou, 1989 | |