†Gastornis parisiensis Hébert 1855 (bird)

Aves - Gastornithiformes - Gastornithidae

Synonyms: Gastornis edwardsii Lemoine 1878, Gastornis klaasseni Newton 1885

Belongs to Gastornis according to E. Bourdon et al. 2014

See also Gervais 1859, Harrison and Walker 1977, Lambrecht 1933, Martin 1992 and Mlikovsky 2002

Sister taxa: Gastornis edwardsi, Gastornis giganteus, Gastornis laurenti, Gastornis minor, Gastornis russelli

Type specimens:

  • Gastornis parisiensis: MNHN, a set of limb elements (Left tibiotarsus). Its type locality is Meudon, which is in a Ypresian marine conglomerate in the Vaugirard Formation of France.
  • Gastornis edwardsii: Its type locality is Cernay, which is in a Thanetian terrestrial horizon in the Conglomérat de Cernay Formation of France.
  • Gastornis klaasseni:

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (2 collections), the United Kingdom (1)

• Paleocene of France (2)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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