| Leakeyornis Temporal range:
| |
|---|---|
| |
| Known skull remains of Leakeyornis | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Phoenicopteriformes |
| Family: | Phoenicopteridae |
| Genus: | Leakeyornis Rich and Walker, 1983 |
| Type species | |
| Leakeyornis aethiopicus (Harrison and Walker, 1976)
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Leakeyornis is an extinct genus of flamingo from the early to middle Miocene of Kenya, primarily in the area of modern day Lake Victoria. Initially described as a species of Phoenicopterus based on an incomplete skull and various limb bones, it was later found to show a mixture of traits found across modern flamingo genera and subsequently placed in its own genus. It contains a single species, Leakeyornis aethiopicus.
© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search