Foetopterus ambiguus Moreno and Mercerat 1891 (raptor)

Aves - Falconiformes - Falconidae

Full reference: F. P. Moreno and A. Mercerat. 1891. Catálogo de los pájaros fósiles de la República Argentina conservados en el Museo de La Plata [Catalogue of the fossil birds from the Argentine Republic housed in the Museo de La Plata]. Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 1:7-71

Belongs to Foetopterus according to K. Lambrecht 1933

See also Moreno and Mercerat 1891 and Rovereto 1914

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Museo de La Plata, a limb element (humerus). Its type locality is Monte Hermoso, which is in a Montehermosan terrestrial siltstone in the Monte Hermoso Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution: found only at Monte Hermoso

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