Makahala is an extinct monotypic genus of procellariiform bird that lived in North America during the latest Eocene and earliest Oligocene epochs.[1]
| Makahala Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Genus: | †Makahala |
| Species: | †M. mirae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Makahala mirae Mayr, 2015 | |
Etymology
editThe generic name Makahala is derived from the Makah Formation, the geologic formation in which the type specimen was found, and the Latin word 'ala', meaning wing. The specific epithet of the type and only species, Makahala mirae, references Mira Vogel, the daughter of Olaf Vogel, a preparator at the Senckenberg Museum.[2]
References
edit- ↑ "PBDB Taxon". Retrieved 25 January 2026.
- ↑ Mayr, Gerald (1 January 2015). "A new Paleogene procellariiform bird from western North America". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 275 (1): 11–17. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2015/0445. ISSN 0077-7749. Retrieved 25 January 2026 – via Schweizerbart Science Publishers.
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