Aves - Phoenicopteriformes - Palaelodidae
Full reference: A. H. Miller. 1944. An avifauna from the lower Miocene of South Dakota. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 27(4):85-100
Belongs to Megapaloelodus according to A. Wetmore 1960
See also Howard 1972, Miller 1950 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Megapaloelodus opsigonus, Megapaloelodus peiranoi
Type specimen: UCMP 37367, a limb element (distal right tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Flint Hill North, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Batesland Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: California, South Dakota collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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