Sternalara milneedwardsi De Pietri et al. 2011 (shorebird)

Aves - Charadriiformes

Full reference: V. L. De Pietri, L. Costeur, M. Güntert and G. Mayr. 2011. A revision of the Lari (Aves, Charadriiformes) from the Early Miocene of Saint-Gérand-le-Puy (Allier, France). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(4):812-828

Belongs to Sternalara according to V. L. De Pietri et al. 2011

Sister taxon: Sternalara minuta

Type specimen: MNHN SG.13742, a limb element (right humerus). Its type locality is Saint-Gérand-le-Puy (Milne-Edwards coll), which is in an Aquitanian lacustrine - large sandstone in the Indusial Limestone Formation of France.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Saint-Gérand-le-Puy (Milne-Edwards coll)

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