Goliathia is an extinct genus of bird. The holotype is an ulna recovered from lower beds of the Jebel Qatrani Formation in Faiyum Governorate in Egypt. Initially thought to be a heron, an additional bone, a tarsometatarsus, showed this bird to be closely related to the living shoebill. Its full name is Goliathia andrewsii, but may be closely related enough to be classed within the same genus as the living species. The ancient habitat was likely a thickly vegetated freshwater swamp, with this species and a fossil jacana, as well as lungfish and catfish recovered from it. The same size as the living shoebill, it likely ate lungfish and catfish.
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- Goliathia (pl)
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| - Goliathia is an extinct genus of bird. The holotype is an ulna recovered from lower beds of the Jebel Qatrani Formation in Faiyum Governorate in Egypt. Initially thought to be a heron, an additional bone, a tarsometatarsus, showed this bird to be closely related to the living shoebill. Its full name is Goliathia andrewsii, but may be closely related enough to be classed within the same genus as the living species. The ancient habitat was likely a thickly vegetated freshwater swamp, with this species and a fossil jacana, as well as lungfish and catfish recovered from it. The same size as the living shoebill, it likely ate lungfish and catfish. (en)
- Goliathia – wymarły rodzaj trzewikodzioba pochodzącego z wczesnego oligocenu z Egiptu. (pl)
- Goliathia andrewsii — викопний вид лелекоподібних птахів родини китоголовових (Balaenicipitidae), що існував в олігоцені в Африці. Викопні рештки птаха знайдені у відкладеннях формації в губернаторстві Ель-Файюм на півночі Єгипту. Відомий лише з единого зразка ліктьової кістки. Можливо, після ретельніших досліджень, вид можна буде перенести до сучасного роду Balaeniceps. (uk)
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| - Goliathia is an extinct genus of bird. The holotype is an ulna recovered from lower beds of the Jebel Qatrani Formation in Faiyum Governorate in Egypt. Initially thought to be a heron, an additional bone, a tarsometatarsus, showed this bird to be closely related to the living shoebill. Its full name is Goliathia andrewsii, but may be closely related enough to be classed within the same genus as the living species. The ancient habitat was likely a thickly vegetated freshwater swamp, with this species and a fossil jacana, as well as lungfish and catfish recovered from it. The same size as the living shoebill, it likely ate lungfish and catfish. (en)
- Goliathia – wymarły rodzaj trzewikodzioba pochodzącego z wczesnego oligocenu z Egiptu. (pl)
- Goliathia andrewsii — викопний вид лелекоподібних птахів родини китоголовових (Balaenicipitidae), що існував в олігоцені в Африці. Викопні рештки птаха знайдені у відкладеннях формації в губернаторстві Ель-Файюм на півночі Єгипту. Відомий лише з единого зразка ліктьової кістки. Можливо, після ретельніших досліджень, вид можна буде перенести до сучасного роду Balaeniceps. (uk)
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