Grus primigenia Milne-Edwards, 1869
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
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:
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. [Abstract]
Northcote, E. Marjorie and Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile. (1988). The extinct crane Grus primigenia Milne-Edwards, in Majorca (Spain). Geobios 21: 201-208.
Tyrberg, T. (1985). [Grus primigenia---the extinct large crane of Europe.] Fauna och Flora 80: 169-176.
von den Driesch, A. (1999). The cran, 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.