Anatalavis rex Shufeldt 1915 (waterfowl)

Aves - Anseriformes

Alternative combination: Telmatornis rex

Full reference: R. W. Shufeldt. 1915. Fossil birds in the Marsh Collection of Yale University. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 19:1-110

Belongs to Anatalavis according to S. L. Olson and D. C. Parris 1987

See also Brodkorb 1967, Cracraft 1972, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Olson 1977, Shufeldt 1915, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: YPM 902, a limb element (distal end of right humerus). Its type locality is Cream Ridge Marl Company pit (Hornerstown Fm.), which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine marl in the Hornerstown Formation of New Jersey.

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at Cream Ridge Marl Company pit (Hornerstown Fm.)

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