Leptoptilos titan Wetmore, 1940:447

Titan stork (proposed), Giant Javan stork (proposed)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

Distribution

Java, Indonesia

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Wetmore, Alexander. (1940). Avian remains from the Pleistocene of central Java. Journal of Paleontology 14(5): 447-450. [First page preview]

Other references:

Tyrberg, Tommy. (2008). The Late Pleistocene Continental Avian extinction – an evaluation of the fossil evidence. Oryctos 7: 249-269.

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