Aves - Galliformes - Cracidae
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 Ortalis according to A. H. Miller 1944
See also Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Ortalis canicollis, Ortalis cinereiceps, Ortalis leucogastra, Ortalis motmot, Ortalis phengites, Ortalis superciliaris, Ortalis tantala, Ortalis vetula
Type specimen: UCMP 37371, a limb element (proximal end of left carpometacarpus). Its type locality is Flint Hill North, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Batesland Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: volant frugivore
Distribution: found only at Flint Hill North
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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