Podiceps oligoceanus
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| Podiceps oligoceanus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Podicipediformes |
| Family: | Podicipedidae |
| Genus: | Podiceps |
| Species: | †P. oligoceanus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Podiceps oligoceanus (Shufeldt, 1915) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Colymbus oligoceanus Shufeldt, 1915 | |
Podiceps oligoceanus is an extinct species of grebe possibly from the Neogene period which the specimen has been found in the United States.
The species was part of a major paper that was commissioned by professor Charles Schuchert in 1914 in which he had Robert Wilson Shufeldt for revision of the type specimens of fossil birds that were described by Othniel Charles Marsh for the Peabody Museum of Natural History.[1]
Description
The femur of the holotype (YPM 983) is similar to grebes of the genus Aechmophorus and the red-necked grebe (P. grisegena), though the shaft is slender and heavier.[1][2]