Full reference: A. O. Averianov, O. R. Potapova, and L. A. Nessov. 1990. O pervykh otechestvennykh nakhodkakh kostey drevnikh ptits [On original native bone finds of ancient birds]. Ornithological Investigations in Palearctic. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, USSR Academy of Sciences 210:3-9
Parent taxon: Procellariiformes according to Y. Zvonok et al. 2015
See also Averianov et al. 1990
Sister taxa: Diomedeidae, Diomedeoididae, Hydrobatidae, Hydrotherikornis, Makahala, Marinavidae, Oceanitidae, Pandiomedeidae, Pelecanoidi, Pelecanoididae, Procellarae, Procellariidae, Rupelornis, Rupelornis definitus, Tytthostonychidae
Subtaxa: Kievornis rogovitshi
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ikovo (Eocene of Ukraine)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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