Macrodontopteryx oweni Harrison and Walker 1976 (bird)

Aves - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae

Full reference: J. O. Harrison and C. A. Walker. 1976. A review of the bony-toothed birds (Odontopterygiformes): With descriptions of some new species. Tertiary Research Special Paper 2:1-62

Belongs to Macrodontopteryx according to G. Mayr and T. Smith 2010

See also Bourdon et al. 2010, Harrison and Walker 1976, Harrison and Walker 1977, Mayr 2008 and Mlikovsky 2002

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH A 1, a skull (skull). Its type locality is Isle of Sheppey (BMNH collection), which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Belgium (2 collections), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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