Fossil records for the family Aepyornithidae  [Elephantbirds]

Mullerornis betsilei
Milne-Edwards & Grandidier   1894
Pleistocene of Madagascar
Primary materials: Types: Tibia, tarsometatarsus
Secondary materials: Foot bones, pelvis, femur, tibiotarsus, fibula, tarsometatarsus

Pierce Brodkorb,
Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes)
Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 7, 4 (1963): 179-293

See also:
Kālmān Lambrecht,
Handbuch der Palaeornithologie
1024 p. (1933)
Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin


Mullerornis agilis
Milne-Edwards & Grandidier   1894
Pleistocene of Madagascar
Primary materials: Type: Tibia

Pierce Brodkorb,
Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes)
Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 7, 4 (1963): 179-293

See also:
Kālmān Lambrecht,
Handbuch der Palaeornithologie
1024 p. (1933)
Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin


Mullerornis rudis
Milne-Edwards & Grandidier   1894
Pleistocene of w Madagascar
Primary materials: Types: Tibia, tarsometatarsus

Pierce Brodkorb,
Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes)
Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 7, 4 (1963): 179-293

See also:
Kālmān Lambrecht,
Handbuch der Palaeornithologie
1024 p. (1933)
Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin


Aepyornis maximus
Geoffroy-Saint Hilaire   1851
Quaternary of Madagascar
Primary materials: Complete skeletons

Pierce Brodkorb,
Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes)
Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 7, 4 (1963): 179-293

See also:
Kālmān Lambrecht,
Handbuch der Palaeornithologie
1024 p. (1933)
Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin


Aepyornis medius
Milne-Edwards & Grandidier   1866
Quaternary of Madagascar
Primary materials: Femur, tarsometatarsus, cranium, mandibula, coraco-scapula, humerus, tibiotarsus, pelvis

Pierce Brodkorb,
Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes)
Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 7, 4 (1963): 179-293

See also:
Kālmān Lambrecht,
Handbuch der Palaeornithologie
1024 p. (1933)
Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin


Aepyornis hildebrandti
Burckhardt   1893
Quaternary of Madagascar
Primary materials: Type: tarsometatarsus
Secondary materials: Nearly complete skeleton

Pierce Brodkorb,
Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes)
Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 7, 4 (1963): 179-293

See also:
Kālmān Lambrecht,
Handbuch der Palaeornithologie
1024 p. (1933)
Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin


Aepyornis gracilis
Monnier   1913
Quaternary of Madagascar
Primary materials: Type: Femur

Pierce Brodkorb,
Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes)
Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 7, 4 (1963): 179-293

See also:
Kālmān Lambrecht,
Handbuch der Palaeornithologie
1024 p. (1933)
Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin


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