Grus primigenia Milne-Edwards, 1869
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
The validity of this species is questionable (see Stewart, 2007:98-101).
Conservation Status
Extinct or invalid (synonym of G. grus) (see Stewart, 2007:98-101)
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Europe
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Milne-Edwards A. (1869-1871). Recherches anatomiques et paléontologiques pour servir à l'histoire des oiseaux fossiles de la France. Vol. 2. Paris: G. Masson, 627 pp. + pls. 97-200.
Other references:
Harrison, C. J. O. and Cowles, G. S. (1977). The extinct large cranes of the north-west Palearctic. Journal of Archaeological Science 4: 25-27.
Mlíkovský, Jiří. (2002). Cenozoic Birds of the World: Part 1: Europe. Praha, Czech Republic: Ninox Press.
Northcote, E. Marjorie and Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile. (1985). The distinction between the extinct Pleistocene European Crane, Grus primigenia, and the extant Asian Sarus Crane, G. antigone. Geobios 18(6): 877-881. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-6995(85)80041-3
Northcote, E. Marjorie and Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile. (1988). The extinct crane Grus primigenia Milne-Edwards, in Majorca (Spain). Geobios 21: 201-208.
Stewart, John R. (2004). Wetland birds in the recent fossil record of Britain and northwest Europe. British Birds 97(1): 33-43.
Stewart, John R. (2007). An Evolutionary Study of Some Archaeologically Significant Avian Taxa in the Quaternary of the Western Palaearctic. British Archaeological Reports. Oxford: Archaeopress. + 268 pp.
Tyrberg, T. (1985). [Grus primigenia---the extinct large crane of Europe.] Fauna och Flora 80: 169-176.
Tyrberg, Tommy. (2009). Holocene avian extinctions, pp. 63-106. In: Turvey, Samuel T. (ed.). Holocene Extinctions. Oxford, UK & New York, USA: Oxford University Press. xii + 352 pp.
von den Driesch, A. (1999). The crane, Grus grus, in prehistoric Europe and its relation to the Pleistocene crane, Grus primigenia, pp. 201-207. In: Benecke, N. (ed). Archäologie in Eurasien 6. Rahden: Verlag Marie Leidorf.
Acknowledgements
I thank Dr. John Stewart (Bournemouth University) for providing me with two references to his work on this taxon.