†Borvocarbo tardatus Göhlich and Mourer-Cauvire 2010 (cormorant)
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Aves - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Full reference: U. B. Göhlich and C. Mourer-Cauvire. 2010. A new cormorant-like bird (Aves: Phalacrocoracoidea) from the Early Miocene of Rauscherod (Southern Germany). Records of the Australian Museum 62:61-70
Belongs to Borvocarbo according to U. B. Göhlich and C. Mourer-Cauvire 2010
Sister taxon: Borvocarbo guilloti
Type specimen: BSPG 1990 IV 16, a limb element (left tibiotarsus). Its type locality is Rauscheröd, which is in a Burdigalian terrestrial gravel in Germany.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Rauscheröd
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