Mioglareola
Extinct genus of birds
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Mioglareola is an extinct genus of glareolid shorebird (order Charadriiformes) that lived during the Early and Middle Miocene of Europe. The genus contains two species: Mioglareola gregaria, known from the Czech Republic and Germany, and Mioglareola dolnicensis, previously placed in the genus Larus, known from the Czech Republic.[1][2]
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Glareolidae |
| Genus: | †Mioglareola Mayr & Smith, 2001 |
| Type species | |
| †Mioglareola gregaria Ballmann, 1979 | |
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