Sterna milne-edwardsii
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| Sterna milne-edwardsii Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Laridae |
| Genus: | Sterna |
| Species: | †S. milne-edwardsii |
| Binomial name | |
| †Sterna milne-edwardsii Riabinin 1931 | |
Sterna milne-edwardsii is an extinct tern from the Miocene.[1] It was named after Alphonse Milne-Edwards a French ornithologist specialising in fossil birds.