†Dakotornis cooperi Erickson 1975 (shorebird)
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Aves - Charadriiformes - Dakotornithidae
Full reference: B. R. Erickson. 1975. Dakotornis cooperi, a new Paleocene bird from North Dakota. Scientific Publications of the Science Museum of Minnesota, New Series 3(1):1-7
Belongs to Dakotornis according to B. R. Erickson 1975
See also Olson 1981
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SMM P74.24.106, a limb element (Complete right humerus). Its type locality is Wannagan Creek Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian mire/swamp shale/shale in the Bullion Creek Formation of North Dakota.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Wannagan Creek Quarry
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