Aves - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Full reference: Y. Kurochkin. 1968. New Oligocene birds from Kazakhstan. Paleontologicheski Zhurnal 92(101)
Parent taxon: Phalacrocoracidae according to G. Mayr 2009
See also Kurochkin 1968 and Mayr 2009
Sister taxa: Borvocarbo, Gulosus, Leucocarbo, Leucocarboninae, Microcarbo, Miocorax, Nambashag, Nannopterum, Nectornis, Oligocorax, Paracorax, Phalacrocoracinae, Phalacrocorax, Piscator, Poikilocarbo, Urile, Valenticarbo
Subtaxa: Limicorallus carbunculus Limicorallus saiensis
Type: Limicorallus saiensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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