Oligocorax stoeffelensis Mayr 2007

Aves - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae

Alternative combination: Borvocarbo stoeffelensis

Full reference: G. Mayr. 2007. A small representative of the Phalacrocoracoidea (cormorants and anhingas) from the Late Oligocene of Germany. The Condor 109:929-942

Belongs to Oligocorax according to G. Mayr 2015

See also Göhlich and Mourer-Cauvire 2010, Mayr 2007 and Mayr 2009

Sister taxon: Oligocorax littoralis

Type specimen: PW 2005/5022-LS, a partial skeleton (dissociated skeleton lacking some vertebrae, the pelvis, and most of the left foot). Its type locality is Enspel, which is in a MP 28 crater lake shale/tuff in the Enspel Formation of Germany.

Distribution: found only at Enspel

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