Pseudosterna degener Mercerat 1897 (lapwing)

Aves - Charadriiformes - Charadriidae

Full reference: A. Mercerat. 1897. Note sur las oiseaux fossiles de la republic Argentine. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 43:222-240

Belongs to Pseudosterna according to C. P. Tambussi et al. 2023

See also Lambrecht 1933 and Mercerat 1897

Sister taxon: Pseudosterna papeana

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pseudosterna degener in the database

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