†Dendrochen robusta Miller 1944 (duck)
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Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Full reference: A. H. Miller. 1944. An avifauna from the lower Miocene of South Dakota. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 27(4):85-100
Belongs to Dendrochen according to N. V. Zelenkov 2012
See also Brodkorb 1964, Miller 1944 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxon: Dendrochen oligocaena
Type specimen: UCMP 37364, a limb element (left humerus). Its type locality is Flint Hill North, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Batesland Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution: found only at Flint Hill North
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