Nectornis anatolicus Paicheler et al. 1978

Aves - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae

Alternative combination: Phalacrocorax anatolicus

Full reference: J. C. Paicheler, F. de Broin, J. Gaudant, C. Mourer-Chauvire, J. C. Rage and C. Vergnaud-Grazzini. 1978. Le bassin lacustre Miocene de Bes-Konak (Anatolie-Turquie): geologie et introduction a la paleontologie des vertebres. Geobios 11(1):43-65

Belongs to Nectornis according to T. H. Worthy 2011

See also Göhlich and Mourer-Cauvire 2010 and Paicheler et al. 1978

Sister taxon: Nectornis miocaenus

Type specimen: DER 98, a limb element (left coracoid). Its type locality is Bes-Konak, which is in an Aquitanian lacustrine - large diatomite in Turkey.

Distribution: found only at Bes-Konak

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