Bennu heron
| Bennu heron Temporal range: Holocene, 0.00255 Ma |
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| Copy of Ancient Egyptian representation of the Bennu | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Pelecaniformes |
| Family: | Ardeidae |
| Genus: | Ardea |
| Species: | A. bennuides |
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Ardea bennuides Hoch, 1979 |
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The Bennu heron (Ardea bennuides) is a large extinct heron from the United Arab Emirates. Its remains have been dated to the Umm al-Nar period (2500 – 2000 BCE). It is thought to have been the inspiration for the Bennu in Egyptian Mythology, hence the specific name.
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