Manu (genus)

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Manu
Fossil range: Early Oligocene
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Subclass: Neornithes
Infraclass: Neognathae
Superorder: Neoaves
Order: Procellariiformes?
Family: Diomedeidae?
Genus: Manu

Manu was a genus of bird which lived during the Early Oligocene. Its fossils have been found in New Zealand, and it appears to be a procellariiform. It is quite likely that this bird was an ancestral albatross.


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