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LIMNOFREGATA
(lim-no-freg-a-tah)
meaning: "Freshwater frigatebird"
Limnofregata
Named By: S. L. Olson in 1977
Time Period: Early Eocene
Location: USA, Wyoming - Green River Formation, Wasatch Formation
Size: Wingspan ranges from about 100-120 centimetres long
Diet: Piscivore/carnivore
Fossil(s): Several individuals, some almost complete and with feather impressions
Classification: | Chordata | Aves | Suliformes | Fregatidae | Fregatidae |
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Limnofregata ("Freshwater frigatebird") is an extinct genus of primitive frigatebird. The two known species were described after fossils from the Early Eocene Green River Formation (c.49 million years ago) of Wyoming. A number of good complete and partial skeletons, some with feather impressions, are known of the type species, Limnofregata azygosternon, and L. hasegawai is known from two skulls and most of one torso.

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