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inhabited western Africa during the Eocene. It
contains a
single species, E.
eaglesomei,
known from the
presumably Lutetian-aged
marine Oshosun and
Ameki Formations...
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included only 5
extinct species (including the
Eocene †G.
clarkensis and †G.
eaglesomei, Oligocene-late
Miocene †G. aduncus,
Miocene †G. mayumbensis, and Pliocene...
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Gigantornis eaglesomei is a very
large prehistoric bird
described from a
fragmentary specimen from the
Eocene of Nigeria. It was
originally described as...
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Osteodontornis of the late
Miocene from the
North Pacific,
Gigantornis eaglesomei, from the
Eocene era in what is now
Nigeria and Dasornis, from Eocene...
- some
authors have
suggested synonymising G.
latidens and
Galeocerdo eaglesomei.
Although the
latter name was
described later, it has been
suggested to...
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hampered by the
damaged state of most remains. The
large Gigantornis eaglesomei from the
Middle Eocene Atlantic was
established based on a
broken but...
- Taxa Rock Unit Age
Image Galeocerdo eaglesomei Gueran Bartonian Pristis lathami Gueran Bartonian Propristis schweinfurthi Gueran Bartonian Macrorhizodus...
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Birds reported from the
Ameki Formation Genus Species Presence Material Notes Images Gigantornis G.
eaglesomei A pelagornithid....
- Mayr (2009: p.59) E.g. the
Paleogene Dasornis emuinus and
Gigantornis eaglesomei, or the
Atlantic contemporary of Osteodontornis,
Pelagornis miocaenus...
- White, 1956 †Galeocerdo
davisi Chapman & Pritchard, 1904 †Galeocerdo
eaglesomei White, 1955 †Galeocerdo
gajensis Tewari,
Chaturvedi & Singh, 1960 †Galeocerdo...
