Torotix clemensi Brodkorb 1963 (bird)

Aves - Pelecaniformes

Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1963. Birds from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming. Proceedings of the XIII International Ornithological Congress 55-70

Belongs to Torotix according to S. Hope 2002

See also Brodkorb 1963 and Varricchio 2002

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCMP 53958, a limb element (right humerus). Its type locality is Lull 2 Quarry (UCMP V-5620), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Lance Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lull 2 Quarry (UCMP V-5620)

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