Bathornis veredus Wetmore 1927 (bird)

Aves - Gruiformes - Bathornithidae

Belongs to Bathornis according to J. Cracraft 1968

See also Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Bathornis celeripes, Bathornis cursor, Bathornis fricki, Bathornis geographicus, Bathornis minor

Type specimen: Denver Mus. Nat. Hist. No. 805, a limb element (distal portion of a metatarsus). Its type locality is Trigonias Quarry, which is in a Chadronian fluvial-lacustrine volcaniclastic in the Chadron Formation of Colorado.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (4: Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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